Greek foot

Meaning

Noun

• The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit.
• A foot with a second toe longer than the hallux.
• Morton's toe

Related

Similar words

• pous

Origin

• , qualified to distinguish it from other measures of the foot.
• From Greek artists' preference for bare feet exhibiting a second toe longer than the hallux, as opposed to the Egyptian statues which used a longer big toe.