pedes
See also: pédés
Latin
Etymology
From pēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.des/, [ˈpɛ.dɛs]
Noun
pedes m (genitive peditis); third declension
- A walker, one who walks.
- foot soldiers, infantry
- (Later Latin, chess) pawn
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pedes | peditēs |
Genitive | peditis | peditum |
Dative | peditī | peditibus |
Accusative | peditem | peditēs |
Ablative | pedite | peditibus |
Vocative | pedes | peditēs |
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | pedes | peditēs | peditia | ||
Genitive | peditis | peditium | |||
Dative | peditī | peditibus | |||
Accusative | peditem | pedes | peditēs | peditia | |
Ablative | peditī | peditibus | |||
Vocative | pedes | peditēs | peditia |
Derived terms
See also
Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
rex | regina | turris | episcopus | eques | pedes |
References
- pedes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pedes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pedes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pedes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to fall at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius accidere
- (ambiguous) to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
- (ambiguous) to prostrate oneself before a person: ad pedes alicuius iacēre, stratum esse (stratum iacēre)
- (ambiguous) to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
- (ambiguous) to fall at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius accidere
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