Ένιωσε αδυναμία στα πόδια.

Ένιωσε is the 3rd person singular aorist form of the verb νιώθω/αισθάνομαι, meaning he felt, she felt, or it felt depending on context.

In this sentence, it describes one completed experience at a specific moment: the person felt weakness in their legs.

So:

• νιώθω = I feel / I am feeling
• ένιωσε = he/she felt

Greek often uses the aorist here because it presents the feeling as a single event.

Greek often omits subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already tells you the person and number.

Here, Ένιωσε already means he/she felt, so Greek does not need to add αυτός or αυτή unless the speaker wants emphasis or contrast.

So:

• Ένιωσε αδυναμία στα πόδια. = He/She felt weakness in the legs.
• Adding Αυτός or Αυτή would sound more emphatic, like He/She was the one who felt it.

Yes. In this sentence, αδυναμία is the direct object of Ένιωσε.

The person felt something, and that something is αδυναμία = weakness.

So the structure is:

• Ένιωσε = felt
• αδυναμία = weakness
• στα πόδια = in the legs

Although αδυναμία ends in -α, here its form is the same in both nominative and accusative singular, so you cannot tell the case just from the ending alone. Its role in the sentence shows that it is the object.

στα πόδια means in the legs.

It is made from:

• σε = in / at / on / to
• τα = the
• στα = contracted form of σε τα
• πόδια = legs / feet, depending on context

So literally:

• στα πόδια = in the legs

In this sentence, the natural meaning is in the legs, because we are talking about weakness as a physical sensation.

Because Greek is referring to the legs as a pair.

The singular is:

• το πόδι = the leg / foot

The plural is:

• τα πόδια = the legs / feet

As in English, when talking about a sensation affecting both legs, Greek normally uses the plural:

• στα πόδια = in the legs

Yes, πόδι can mean leg or foot depending on context.

That can be confusing for English speakers, because English separates those two ideas more clearly.

Here, the context makes legs the best translation:

• αδυναμία στα πόδια = weakness in the legs

If the context were about shoes, toes, or stepping, πόδια might be better understood as feet.

Because πόδι / πόδια is the normal modern everyday word.

In Modern Greek:

• το πόδι = leg/foot
• τα πόδια = legs/feet

A form like πόδες is learned, archaic, or highly formal, and not what you would normally use in ordinary speech.

So στα πόδια is the natural modern phrasing.

This is a very common learner question, because it is about aspect, which is very important in Greek.

• Ένιωσε = he/she felt
  Aorist: a single event, seen as complete.
• Ένιωθε = he/she was feeling / used to feel
  Imperfect: ongoing, repeated, or background feeling.

So:

• Ένιωσε αδυναμία στα πόδια.
  = At some moment, he/she felt weakness in the legs.

• Ένιωθε αδυναμία στα πόδια.
  = He/she was feeling weakness in the legs, perhaps over a period of time.

Greek uses these tense-aspect choices very carefully.

Yes. That is a very natural English way to express the same idea.

Greek often uses a noun where English might prefer an adjective or a slightly different structure.

So:

• Ένιωσε αδυναμία στα πόδια.
  can be translated as:
• He/She felt weakness in the legs
• He/She felt weak in the legs
• He/She experienced weakness in the legs

All are possible depending on style and context.

Yes, Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

This sentence uses a very neutral order:

• verb + object + phrase

But Greek could also say things like:

• Αδυναμία στα πόδια ένιωσε.
• Στα πόδια ένιωσε αδυναμία.

These alternatives are possible, but they change the focus or emphasis.

The original version sounds natural and straightforward, especially in narration.

A helpful approximate pronunciation is:

EN-yo-se a-thee-na-MEE-a sta PO-thya

A few useful notes:

• Ένιωσε: the stress is on the first syllable.
• δ in Modern Greek sounds like the th in this, not like English d.
• θ in πόδια sounds like the th in think.
• ια at the end of αδυναμία and πόδια is pronounced as part of the final syllable sequence, not as two fully separate English-style vowels.

Yes, it is perfectly natural.

Greek often expresses physical symptoms with:

• a verb like ένιωσε = felt
• a noun naming the symptom
• a phrase showing the body part

This pattern is very common. For example:

• Ένιωσε πόνο στο στήθος. = He/She felt pain in the chest.
• Ένιωσε ζάλη. = He/She felt dizziness.
• Ένιωσε αδυναμία στα χέρια. = He/She felt weakness in the arms.

So Ένιωσε αδυναμία στα πόδια. is a normal, idiomatic Greek sentence.