foedus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoe̯.dus/, [ˈfoe̯.dʊs]

From Proto-Italic *foiðos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. Same root as fīdō, fidēs, fīdus and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

foedus n (genitive foederis); third declension

1. treaty, agreement, contract
2. league
3. pact, compact

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• foederātus
• foederō
• foedifragus

• English: federal, foedus rerum
• French: fédéral, fédérale

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Compare Old English bǣdan (“to defile”). More at bad.

foedus (feminine foeda, neuter foedum, comparative foedior, superlative foedissimus, adverb foedē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (physically) filthy, foul, disgusting, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible
2. (mentally) disgraceful, vile, obscene, base, dishonorable, shameful, infamous, foul

First/second-declension adjective.

• foeditās
• foedo

• Asturian: feu
• Italian: fedo
• Old Portuguese: feo
  • Galician: feo
  • Portuguese: feio
• Spanish: feo

• foedus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• foedus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• foedus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• foedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to conclude a treaty, an alliance: foedus facere (cum aliquo), icere, ferire
    
  • to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare
    
  • (ambiguous) according to treaty: ex pacto, ex foedere
    
• foedus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• foedus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin