ποδ·αρκής, ής, ές, aux pieds agiles, IL. 18, 181 ; d’où agile, PD. P. 5, 45 ; en parl. du jour des courses, PD. O. 13, 53.

Étym. πούς, ἀρκέω.

ές, (ἀρκέω I. 3) succouring with the feet, running to the rescue (cf. βοηθόος); hence, swift-footed, epith. of a good runner, freq. in Il., as epith. of Achilles, 1.121, al. (never in Od.); π. ἄγγελος Διός, of Hermes, B. 18.30. π. ἁμέρα a day of swift feet, i.e. on which swift runners contended, Pi. O. 13.38; ποδαρκέων δρόμων τέμενος the sacred field of swift courses, i.e. the Pythian race-course, Id. P. 5.33 (s.v.l.).
assisting the feet, name of a remedy for gout, Gal. 13.1021.