English

Noun

pedes

1. plural of pes

Anagrams

• deeps, spede, Speed, speed

Latin

Etymology

From pēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.des/, [ˈpɛ.dɛs]

Noun

pedes m ‎(genitive peditis); third declension

1. A walker, one who walks.
2. foot soldiers, infantry
3. (Later Latin, chess) pawn

Inflection

Third declension.

Noun

pedēs pl

1. nominative plural of pēs
2. accusative plural of pēs

Adjective

pedes m, f, n ‎(genitive peditis); third declension

1. on foot

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• pedester

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pedes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
    

Portuguese

Verb

pedes

1. Second-person singular (tu) present indicative of pedir

Serbo-Croatian

Numeral

pedes

1. (colloquial) fifty

Synonyms

• pedeset (standard)