English

Noun

Greek foot ‎(plural Greek feet)

1. The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit.

Synonyms

• pous

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

Greek foot ‎(uncountable)

1. (chiefly art) A foot with a second toe longer than the hallux.
2. (medicine) Morton's toe