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English
Etymology
From Latin pedum.
Noun
pedum (plural peda)
- A shepherd's crook.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From pēs (“foot”).
Noun
pedum n (genitive pedī); second declension
- a shepherd's crook, sheephook.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “pedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pedum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pedum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Etymology 2
Noun
pedum m
- genitive plural of pēs (“a foot”)