pediculus

pediculus (plural pediculi)

1. A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.

Diminutive from pēs (“foot”) +‎ -culus.

pedīculus m (genitive pedīculī); second declension

1. A little foot.
2. (botany) A footstalk or pedicel of a fruit or leaf.

Please note that there is a disagreement over whether or not there is a macron on the second syllable (pediculus for pedīculus).

Second declension.

• pedicellus

• English: pedicle
• French: pédicule
• Portuguese: pedículo
• Spanish: pedículo

Diminutive of pēdis (“louse”).

pēdīculus m (genitive pēdīculī); second declension

1. A louse; sea louse.

Please note that there is a disagreement over whether or not there is a macron on the second syllable (pēdiculus for pēdīculus).

Second declension.

• (louse): pēdis, serpēns

• Italian: pediculosi
• Spanish: pedículo, piojo
• Translingual: Pediculus

• pediculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pediculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pediculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette