pes

se Caesari ad pedes proiecerunt
they threw themselves at Caesar’s feet

pēs, pedis, m.: the foot; claw, talon, paw, hoof, freq.; of the current of a river, 9.125; the footrope at the lower corner of a sail, the sheet; hence, facere pedem, to manage the sheet, shift the sail; tack, 5.830; pedem reprimere, to retreat, draw back, 2.378; ferre pedem, go, 2.756; efferre pedem, go out, depart, 2.657; pedem advertere, approach, draw near, 6.386; aequō pede, in equal combat, 12.465. (ποῦς, ποδός)

pēs, pĕdis, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. pād, foot, from root pad, ire; Gr. ποδ-, ποῦς; Goth. fōt; old Germ. vuoz; Engl. foot], a foot of man or beast.

• I Lit.: si pes condoluit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: calcei apti ad pedem, id. de Or. 1, 54, 231: nec manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra, id. Univ. 6: pede tellurem pulsare, i. e. to dance, Hor. C. 1, 37, 1; cf.: alterno pede terram quatere, id. ib. 1, 4, 7; 4, 1, 27: pedis aptissima forma, Ov. Am. 3, 3, 7: aves omnes in pedes nascuntur, are born feet first, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149: cycnum pedibus Jovis armiger uncis Sustulit, Verg. A. 9, 564; cf. id. ib. 11, 723: pedem ferre, to go or come, id. G. 1, 11: si in fundo pedem posuisses, set foot, Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: pedem efferre, to step or go out, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19 (423): qui pedem portā non extulit, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; 6, 8, 5: pedem portā non plus extulit quam domo suā, id. ib. 8, 2, 4: pedem limine efferre, id. Cael. 14, 34: pedem referre, revocare, retrahere, to go or come back, to return: profugum referre pedem, Ov. H. 15, 186; id. M. 2, 439.—Said even of streams: revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto, Verg. A. 9, 125: retrahitque pedes simul unda relabens, id. ib. 10, 307; cf. infra, II. H.: pedibus, on foot, afoot: cum ingressus iter pedibus sit, Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Suet. Aug. 53.— Esp. in phrase: pedibus ire, venire, etc.: pedibus proficisci, Liv. 26, 19: pedibus iter conficere, id. 44, 5: quod flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transire potest, Caes. B. G. 5, 18: (Caesar) pedibus Narbonem pervenit, id. B. C. 2, 21: ut neque pedibus aditum haberent, id. B. G. 3, 12 init.—Rarely pede ire (poet. and late Lat.): quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 66: Jordanem transmiserunt pede, Ambros. in Psa. 118, 165, n. 16.—Trop.: Bacchus flueret pede suo, i. e. wine unmixed with water, Auct. Aetn. 13; cf.: musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluant, Ov. P. 2, 9, 32, and II. H. infra.—Pregn., by land: cum illud iter Hispaniense pedibus fere confici soleat: aut si quis navigare velit, etc., Cic. Vatin. 5, 12: seu pedibus Parthos sequimur, seu classe Britannos, Prop. 2, 20, 63 (3, 23, 5): ego me in pedes (conicio), take to my heels, make off, Ter. Eun. 844.— Esp.: ad pedes alicui or alicujus, accidere, procidere, jacere, se abicere, se proicere, procumbere, etc., to approach as a suppliant, to fall at one's feet: ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5: abjectā togā se ad generi pedes abiecit, id. ib. 4, 2, 4: rex procidit ad pedes Achillei, Hor. Epod. 17, 14: vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis, Cic. Sest. 11, 26: filius se ad pedes meos prosternens, id. Phil. 2, 18, 45: tibi sum supplex, Nec moror ante tuos procubuisse pedes, Ov. H. 12, 186: cui cum se moesta turba ad pedes provolvisset, Liv. 6, 3, 4: ad pedes Caesaris provoluta regina, Flor. 4, 11, 9: (mater una) mihi ad pedes misera jacuit, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129; cf.: amplecti pedes potui, Ov. M. 9, 605: complector, regina, pedes, Luc. 10, 89: servus a pedibus, a footman, lackey, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1: sub pedibus, under one's feet, i. e. in one's power, Verg. A. 7, 100; Liv. 34, 32: sub pedibus esse or jacere, to be or lie under one's feet, i. e. to be disregarded (poet.): sors ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est, Ov. M. 14, 490: amicitiae nomen Re tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet, id. Tr. 1, 8, 16: pedem opponere, to put one's foot against, i. e. to withstand, resist, oppose (poet.), id. P. 4, 6, 8: pedem trahere, to drag one's foot, i. e. to halt, limp; said of scazontic verse, id. R. Am. 378: trahantur haec pedibus, may be dragged by the heels, i. e. may go to the dogs (class.): fratrem mecum et te si habebo, per me ista pedibus trahantur, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; id. Fam. 7, 32, 2: ante pedes esse or ante pedes posita esse, to lie before one's feet, i. e. before one's eyes, to be evident, palpable, glaring: istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est, Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt, Prospicere, Ter. Ad. 386: transilire ante pedes posita, et alia longe repetita sumere, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160: omni pede stare, i. e. to use every effort, make every exertion, Quint. 12, 9, 18: nec caput nec pes, neither head nor foot, beginning nor end, no part: nec caput nec pes sermonum apparet, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 (729): garriet quoi neque pes neque caput conpareat, id. Capt. 3, 4, 81 (613): tuas res ita contractas, ut, quemadmodum scribis, nec caput nec pedes, Curio ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2: ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae, Hor. A. P. 8: dixit Cato, eam legationem nec caput, nec pedes, nec cor habere, Liv. Epit. 50: pes felix, secundus, i. e. a happy or fortunate arrival: adi pede secundo, Verg. A. 8, 302: felix, Ov. F. 1, 514; cf.: boni pedis homo, id est cujus adventus afferat aliquid felicitatis, Aug. Ep. ad Max. Gram. 44.—So esp. pes dexter, because it was of good omen to move the right foot first; temples had an uneven number of steps, that the same foot might touch the first step and first enter the temple, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Petr. 30: quove pede ingressi? Prop. 3 (4), 1, 6.—So the left foot was associated with bad omens; cf. Suet. Aug. 92 init.: pessimo pede domum nostram accessit, Ap. Met. 6, 26, 3; hence, dextro pede, auspiciously: quid tam dextro pede concipis, etc., Juv. 10, 5: pedibus pecunia compensatur, said proverbially of distant lands purchased at a cheap rate, but which it costs a great deal to reach, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: a pedibus usque ad caput, from head to foot, all over (late Lat.; cf.: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20), Aug. in Psa. 55, 20; 90, 1, 2 et saep.; cf.: a vestigio pedis usque ad verticem, Ambros. Offic. Min. 2, 22, 114.—
• • B In partic.
  • • 1 Milit. t. t.: descendere ad pedes, to alight, dismount, of cavalry, Liv. 9, 22: pedibus merere, to serve on foot, as a foot-soldier, id. 24, 18: ad pedes pugna ierat, they fought on foot, id. 21, 46: pedem conferre, to come to close quarters: collato pede rem gerere, id. 26, 39; Cic. Planc. 19, 48.—
    • 2 Publicist's t. t.: pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus, to adopt one's opinion, take sides with one: cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent, Liv. 9, 8, 13; 5, 9, 2.—
    • 3 In mal. part.: pedem or pedes tollere, extollere (ad concubitum), Mart. 10, 81, 4; 11, 71, 8; hence the lusus verbb. with pedem dare and tollere, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5. —
• II Transf.
• • A A foot of a table, stool, bench, etc., Ter. Ad. 585: mensae sed erat pes tertius impar, Ov. M. 8, 661; cf.: pedem et nostrum dicimus, et lecti, et veli, ut carminis (v. in the foll.), Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2: tricliniorum, Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9: subsellii, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68: pes argenteus (mensae), Juv. 11, 128.—
  • B Pes veli, a rope attached to a sail for the purpose of setting it to the wind, a sheet: sive utrumque Juppiter Simul secundus incidisset in pedem, Cat. 4, 19: pede labitur aequo, i. e. before the wind, with the wind right aft, Ov. F. 3, 565: pedibus aequis, Cic. Att. 16, 6 init.; cf. also the passage quoted above from Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2; and: prolato pede, transversos captare Notos, id. Med. 322.— Hence, facere pedem, to veer out one sheet, to take advantage of a side wind, to haul the wind: una omnes fecere pedem; pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere sinus, Verg. A. 5, 830: prolatis pedibus, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—
  • C The foot of a mountain (post-class.): Orontes imos pedes Casii montis praetermeans, Amm.14, 8, 10 al.—
  • D Ground, soil, territory (post-class.): in Caesariensis pede, Sol. 3, 2: omnis Africa Zeugitano pede incipit, id. 27, 1; cf.: quamvis angustum pedem dispositio fecit habitabilem, Sen. Tranq. An. 10, 4.—
  • E The stalk or pedicle of a fruit, esp. of the grape, together with the husk: vinaceorum pes proruitur, Col. 12, 43; so id. 12, 36.—Of the olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: pes milvinus or milvi, the stalk or stem of the plant batis, Col. 12, 7.—Hence, as a name for several plants: pedes gallinacei, a plant: Capnos trunca, quam pedes gallinaceos vocant, Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155: pedes betacei, beetroots, Varr. R. R. 1, 27.—
• F Pedes navales, rowers, sailors, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75 (347).—
• G The barrow of a litter, Cat. 10, 22.—
• H Poet., of fountains and rivers: inde super terras fluit agmine dulci, Quā via secta semel liquido pede detulit undas, Lucr. 5, 272; Lucr.6, 638: crepante lympha desilit pede, Hor. Epod. 16, 47: liquido pede labitur unda, Verg. Cul. 17: lento pede sulcat harenas Bagrada, Sil. 6, 140.—
• K A metrical foot: ad heroum nos dactyli et anapaesti et spondei pedem invitas, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 82: pedibus claudere verba, to make verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28: musa per undenos emodulanda pedes, in hexameters and pentameters, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 30: inque suos volui cogere verba pedes, id. Tr. 5, 12, 34.—
• • • 2 A kind of verse, measure: et pede, quo debent fortia bella geri, Ov. Ib. 646: Lesbius, Hor. C. 4, 6, 35.—
• L In music, time (post-Aug.), Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—
• M A foot, as a measure of length (class.): ne iste hercle ab istā non pedem discedat, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13 (603): ab aliquo pedem discessisse, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42: pedem e villā adhuc egressi non sumus, id. Att. 13, 16, 1: pes justus, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—Hence, transf.: pede suo se metiri, to measure one's self by one's own foot-rule, i. e. by one's own powers or abilities, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—
• N Pedes, lice; v. pedis.—
• O The leg (late Lat.), in phrase: pedem frangere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22, 3; id. Serm. 273, 7.

pēs, pedis, m. (aus *ped-s, altind. păd-, griech. πούς = ποδ-ς, gotisch fotus, ahd. fuoz), der Fuß des Menschen und Tieres, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: pes virilis, Vitr.: calcei apti ad pedem, Cic.: duos pedes habens, zweibeinig (Ggstz. claudus), Augustin.: pedibus aeger, Sall. (u. so aegris pedibus esse, Gell.): pedibus captus (gelähmt), Sall. fr. u. Liv.: pedes leoninos habere, Solin.: calceo inserere pedem, Amm.: stare pede in uno, Hor.: si pes condoluit, Cic.: pedibus vincere, im Wettlaufe, Ov.: pedem portā non efferre, Cic.: pedem ferre huc u. dgl., s. ferono. II, F, 1, a, α (Bd. 1. S. 2729): ellipt. nusquam pedem (sc. feram)! Ter.: in pedes se dare, se conicere, sich auf die Beine machen, Fersengeld geben, Komik. (u. so ellipt., ego me in pedes [sc. conicio], Ter.): accĭdere ad pedes alcis, Cic.: abicere se u. proicere se u. prosternere se ad pedes (alcis), Cic.: provolvere se alci ad pedes, Liv.: provolvi ad pedes (alcis), Liv. u. Flor.: alci iacēre ad pedes, Cic.: prohibiti estis in provincia vestra pedem ponere, Cic.: Argos et Lacedaemonem sub pedibus tuis relinquemus? sollten unter deinen Füßen lassen (= von dir knechten lassen), Liv.: auferre pedes, jmdm. ein Bein unterschlagen (= sich von jmd. nicht beikommen lassen), Sen. nat. qu. 4. praef. §. 10: pedem opponere alci, jmdm. ein Bein stellen (= jmdm. zu schaden, jmd. zu stürzen suchen), Petron. 57, 10: pede pulsare terram, von Tanzenden, Hor.: aves nascuntur in pedes, werden mit den Füßen zuerst geboren, Plin.: pedibus = zu Fuß; u. prägn. = zu Lande, Cic. u.a.: verna ad pedes, Mart., servus a pedibus, Cic., Laufbursche. – 2) insbes.: a) im milit. t. t.: ad pedes descendere od. degredi, vom Pferde steigen, absitzen, v. der Reiterei, Liv.: ad pedes desilire, vom Pferde springen, Caes.: deducere equitem ad pedes, absteigen lassen, Liv.: pugna ad pedes venerat, man kämpfte zu Fuß, Liv.: pedibus merere, zu Fuß dienen, Infanterist sein, Liv.: pedem conferre, s. cōn-ferono. I, 4, a, β: pede presso (gehemmten Fußes, langsamen Schrittes) retro cedere, Liv. – b) im publiz. t. t.: pedibus ire in alcis sententiam (v. Senatoren), jmds. Meinung (Ausspruch, Vorschlage) beitreten, Sall. u. Liv. (s. Drak. Liv. 5, 9, 2): ne (quis) pedibus iret, einem Vorschlage beitrete, seine Stimme abgebe, Cic. – c) in der obszönen Redensart: tollere pedem od. pedes (sc. ad concubitum), Cic. u. Mart. – 3) in bildl. Verbndgg.: manibus pedibusque, mit Händen u. Füßen, mit aller Gewalt, Ter.: sub pedibus, unter den Füßen, in der Gewalt, Liv.: dah. sub pedibus esse od. iacēre, nicht geachtet werden, Ov.: sub pede ponere, nicht achten, Hor.: pedem opponere, widerstehen, Ov.: pedem trahere, hinken, vom jambischen Verse, Ov.: per me ista trahantur pedibus, es mag meinetwegen drunter u. drüber gehen, Cic.: ante pedes esse, Ter., od. positum esse, Cic., vor den Füßen (Augen) sein: omni pede stare, auf allen Füßen stehen (unser »in allen Sätteln gerecht sein, gehörig gesattelt sein«), Quint. 12, 9, 18; vgl. Otto in Wölfflins Archiv 6, 330: multis pedibus, auf vielen F. stehen (= an vielen Orten ansässig sein), Petron.: circum pedes = circum se, Cic.: ante pedes Manilii constituunt, vor Manilius, Cic.: pes secundus, felix, dexter, von einer glücklichen Ankunft, Verg., Ov. u. Sil.: res ita contractae, ut nec caput nec pedes (sc. habeant), Cic.

II) übtr. u. meton.: A) übtr.: 1) im allg., poet. v. fließenden Wasser, von Flüssen (gleichs. als Gottheiten), crepante lympha desilit pede, Hor.: revocat pedem Tiberinus, Verg. – v. Wein, ipse suo flueret Bacchus pede, von selbst, Auct. Aetnae 13 (da die Alten den Wein mit den Füßen kelterten, s. Ov. ex Pont. 2, 9, 32 musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluent). – v. der Zeit, cito pede labitur aetas, Ov.: tacito pede lapsa vetustas, Ov. – 2) insbes.: a) der Fuß an Tischen, Bänken usw., Ter., Cornif. rhet. u.a. – b) pes veli, das Tau, womit die Segel nach den Winkeln des einfallenden Windes gewendet u. nachgelassen werden, die Schoten, Cic.: dah. pede aequo od. pedibus aequis, vor dem Winde (segeln), Ov. u. Cic.: pedem facere, die Sch. nachlassen (schlaff machen), mit halbem Winde segeln, Verg.: obliquare laevo pede cornua, beim Winde segeln, Lucan.: dass. in contrarium navigare prolatis pedibus, Plin., u. prolato pede transversos captare Notos, Sen. poët.: colligere (einziehen) pedes, Tibull. – c) der Fuß des Berges, imi pedes Cassii montis, Amm. 14, 8, 10. – d) der Boden eines Landes, Solin. u. Auson. – e) der Stiel einer Frucht, bes. der Weintraube, samt der eingepreßten Traube, Colum.: der Olive, Plin. – dah.: α) pes milvinus od. milvi, der Strunk od. Stengel der Pflanze batis, Colum. 12, 7, 1 u. 5. – β) pedes gallinacei, eine Pflanze, Plin. 25, 155. – γ) pedes betacei, die Wurzeln-, Rüben des Mangolds, Varro r. r. 1, 2, 27. – f) navales pedes, Ruderer, Plaut. Men. 350. – g) die Trage an einer Sänfte, veteris grabati, Catull. 10, 22.

B) meton.: 1) im allg.: plano pede, auf ebener Erde, Vitr. – 2) insbes.: a) als t. t. der Metrik: α) der Fuß, das Versglied, minuti pedes, Cic.: mutatis pedibus, Hor.: pedibus claudere senis aliquid, in Hexametern dichten, Hor.: so auch verba in suos pedes cogere, Ov.: per undenos pedes, Ov. – β) die Versart, Lesbius, Hor.: hunc socci cepere pedem, Hor. – b) als t. t. der Musik, der Takt, Plin. – c) der Fuß als Maß, non pedem, nicht einen Fußbreit, Plaut.: unum pedem discessisse, einen Fußbreit, Cic.: so auch pedem non egressi sumus, Cic. – bildl., das Maß, iustus, das rechte Maß, Plin.: pede suo se metiri, sich nach seinem Maße, Kräften usw. messen, Hor. – ➳ Vom Plur. pedes = Läuse heißt der Nomin. Sing. pedis, w. s.

pes [CL] 1 (anat.) foot (of living creature). b (pes ante) forefoot. c (as element of nickname, passing into surname). d (pede) on foot. subdiaconus fuit quando ‥ humiliter sua sponte pedes discipulorum lavit Theod. Laterc. 19; in libertate ‥ monasterii est lavandi pedes laicorum nisi in Coena Domini non coguntur Id. Pen. II 6. 15; angeli pedes Comm. Cant. I 232; periscelides ‥ circuli ‥ qui fiunt in pedibus muli Ib. 451; p675 Salvator ‥ discipulorum pedes abluens [cf. Joh. xiii 12] Aldh. Ep. 4 p. 484; genus hominum quos Graeci Sciapodas appellant eo quod se ab ardore solis pedum umbra jacentes resupini defendunt Lib. Monstr. I 17; caelum sibi sedem, terram vero scabellum pedum esse perhibuit [cf. Psalm. cix 1] Bede Acts 959; pes animalis, pes statue, pes metricus, pes geometricus ‥ primum ex impositione, secundum ex transumptione que fit usu, reliqua ex disciplinalibus transumptionibus Balsh. AD rec. 2 44; falcones ‥ quibus ‥ pedes unguibus armatos ‥ natura dedit Gir. TH I 12 p. 34; credimus esse pĕdis strepitum, tu, turgide, pēdis Serlo Wilt. 2. 96; c1290 Agnetem verberavit ‥ et per pedes suos ‥ per vicum ‥ trahere fecit State Tri. Ed. I 26; mensura medii pedis nudi est mensura longitudinis vulve totius unicuique M. Scot Phys. 24 f. 16ra; strucio et hujusmodi aves ‥ alas percuciunt sed pedes [ME: fette] non elevantur AncrR 41.  b debet ferare ij avveros in pedibus ante de ferro domini Cust. Glast. 54.  c 1130 de istis sunt plegii ‥ Willelmus Pesnudus de iij m. argenti Pipe 146.  d s1377 compedes quibus nexe fuerant ejus pedes in carcere Chr. Angl. 138. 2 (w ref. to use): a (for walking); b (for standing); c (for striking). a centenis pedibus gradior per gramina ruris Aldh. Aen. 100 (Creatura) 68; haec calcat pedibus spurcae consortia vitae Id. VirgV 155; curris interdum sitibundi desiderii pedibus J. Godard Ep. 221; quod dicit pedes currere et festinare, cum homines pedibus currant et festinent Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 15; sequipeda, pedissequa, que sequitur pedes domine Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 566; inde ‥ transfretavimus ad portum Hoste sicque pede, quidam vero asinis Sæwulf 59; s1142 imperatrix ‥ pede Abbenduniam profecta W. Malm. HN 524; trans Tamesis ‥ alveum cum mille viris sicco ingrediens pede Gildas EB 11; pedes veloces ad currendum in malum Ps.-Bede Collect. 169; illi vix dum collato pede fugam componunt ‥ W. Malm. GR I 6.  b 1219 in egritudine qua obiit dedit ‥ Adam terram ‥ Hugoni ‥ set ‥ non habuit saisinam integro die ‥ nec unquam post donum illud fuit idem Adam in pedibus Eyre Yorks 149.  c pede jacentem pulsans “victus es” ‥ ingeminat W. Malm. GR III 235; laicorum pars pedibus plaudunt choreas Id. GP V 222 p. 373; matrem ‥ suam ‥ pede procaciter percussit Ord. Vit. III 14 p. 146; 1237 pede impudencie juris ‥ auctoritatem calcantes (Const. Cardinalis) Conc. I 653b.. 3 (w ref. to position): a (ad pedes, sub pedibus, or sim.) at, to, or under one’s feet (usu. w. ref. to respect, submission, or defeat). b (pedetenus) down to the feet. a omnia subjecta sub pedibus ejus [cf. Hebr. ii 8] Bede Hab. 1240; hic est Barnabas ille Cyprius genere Levites, qui supra pretium agri sui ad pedes apostolorum adtulisse memoratur Id. Acts 964D; quando omnes inimici ejus subdentur pedibus ejus et restituentur omnia quae locutus est Id. Retract. 1006A; tunc papa ad pedes ducis corruit Ord. Vit. VII 7 p. 178; ipse Dominus Jesus sedebat ad pedes dulcissime matris sue Ailr. Serm. 29. 23. 307; clarus doctor ‥ ibi ad pedes ejus prima artis hujus rudimenta accepi J. Sal. Met. 867B.  b fertur quaedam in sporta, a cingulo pedetenus membris contracta Herm. Arch. 13. 4 (ire pedes or sim.) to go or sim. on foot (also assoc. w. pred. use of CL pedes). ibat semper pedes absque vehiculo Gosc. Aug. Maj. 79B; commensurationemque deferto pedes ad tumbam W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 44 (v. commensuratio 2c); pedes ‥ Cantuariam per vicos et plateas redeuntibus monachis Gerv. Cant. Chr. 399; s1238 quod ‥ scholares ‥ ab ecclesia S. Pauli ‥ pedes irent M. Par. Maj. III 485; vides me ambulare pedes fatigatum, famelicum Bacon V 145 (v. 1 famelicus a); 13‥ affluunt diviciis legistarum sedes / et modo vadit equis qui solet ire pedes (De studiis 48) Pol. Songs 208; qui dum pedes pro sancti reverencia ferme per xij miliaria perveniunt (Edm.) NLA II 635; cecidit et occisus est comes Symon, antequam reverteretur Edwardus, et cum staret pedes pugnans gladio et occiso dextrario Knighton I 254. 5 (by metonymy or assoc w. CL pedes) foot-soldier. s1202 nec unus pes ex omnibus evasit B. Cotton HA 93. 6 (leg., pes pulveris, curia pedis pulveris, or sim.) Court of Piepowder. 1361 placita de pede pulverisato ‥ cognicio de pede pulverizato de sui natura se extendit ad extraneos et forincecos (CoramR) Law Merch. II 105; 1361 per placita de pede pulveris infra dominium predictum SelCKB VI 128; 1377 de portemot’, pede pulverizato, et assisa fracta Ac. Obed. Abingd. 34; 1448 placita in curia domini regis pedis pulverizati civitatis Cantuarie Law Merch. II 114; 1454 curia pedis pulverizati abbatis Westmonasterii Ib. 111; 1458 summoneat ‥ predictum C. quod sit ad curiam domini regis pedis pulveris ville predicte [Colecestr’] coram ballivis ejusdem ville ‥ le moothalle ‥ tenendam Ib. I 122. 7 (as linear measure) a foot (usu. containing 12 inches); b (pes de assisa, standardo, or sim.) standard linear foot. c (pes manualis or palmae) foot measured acc. the size of the palm. d (dist. acc. spec. standards); e (containing 15 inches); f (containing 16 inches); g (w. ref. to length of shadow cast by the sun); h (pes constratus) square foot. i (pes quadratus) cubic foot. homines ‥ corpora ‥ habentes xij pedum altitudinem habentia Lib. Monstr. I 20; murum ‥ construebant viij pedes latum et xij altum Bede HE I 12 p. 27; lignum trabale ‥ tribus pedibus inventum est brevius pariete cui superponeretur Gosc. Transl. Mild. 34; usque ad unam leugam et iij perticas et iij pedes DB I 2ra; ydolum ‥ habens in longitudine centum viginti quinque pedes Sæwulf 60; si ‥ filius meus mortuus esset et in imo terre septem pedibus ab oculis viventium absconditus esset ‥ Ord. Vit. V 10 p. 382; 1342 quandam guter’ communem ‥ duos pedes hominis continentem in latitudine Pat 254 m. 33.  b 1393 per spacium centum pedum assise plus et ultra spacium quod ‥ Mem. York I 145; 1400 parcella terre continet in longitudine lxxiiij pedes assise ‥ in latitudine xv pedes assise Reg. Heref. 163; 1439 in longitudine duodecim pedum de assisa et in latitudine sexdecim pedum Cart. Osney II 398; 1443 tradiderunt ‥ fundum ‥ continentem in latitudine juxta viam septem pedes de assisa Deeds Balliol 126; 1459 pedes de standardo ‥ pedes Pauli Arch. Hist. Camb. III 3.  c c1100 pedes dupliciter ‥ prononciatur. uno modo, eo quod sit naturaliter pes. alio ‥ modo quod usurpative, per manus, metiatur. tantum ‥ precellit pes manualis pedem naturalem quantum pollex in longitudinem protendi potest Eng. Weights 4; 1218 carucatam de sexcies viginti acris terre per perticam nostram xxiiij pedum ad pedem palme Pat 163; 1243 certas metas et divisas faciatis ‥ ita quod facto et parato fossato dicti castri mete ille et divise sint ubique ‥ latitudinis xij pedum per pedem palme Liberate 20 m. 20.  d a1200 terra quidem masagii habet in latitudine xxxij pedes et dimidiam et in longitudine lvij pedes per pedem Algari qui insculpitur super basim columpne in ecclesia S. Pauli E. Ch. S. Paul. 137; c1215 soppa ‥ continet in longitudine novem pedes de pedibus S. Pauli et in latitudine totidem pedes de eisdem pedibus AncD A 2588; 1382 continet in longitudine xvj pedes regales et in latitudine xix pedes et dimidium Cart. Osney I 46; c1400 placeam terre, longitudine triginta pedum et latitudine viginti duorum pedum de pedibus S. Pauli[cf. MGL I 279: de le pee de Seint Poul] Mon. Francisc. I 506; 1425 xij pedes Pauli CalPat 266.  e c1100 majores ‥ perticas in passus, passus in gradus, gradus in cubitos, cubitos in pedes, pedes in palmos, palmos in uncias, uncias in digitos diviserunt. digitus est pars minima agrestium mensurarum ‥ palmus ‥ iiij digitos habet; pes vero xv. passus v pedes habet. pertica passus duos, i. pedes decem Eng. Weights 3.  f c1100 pes xvj digitorum est. cubitus fit ex pede et semis. passus v pedes habet Eng. Weights 5.  g Februarius hora iij et ix pedes xv. nox horarum xiiij, dies x Kal. M. A. II 423; Aprilis hora iij et ix pedes xj. nox horarum x, dies xiiij Ib. 425; Septemb’ hora iij et viiij ped’ xj. hora vj ped’ vj Ib. 430.  h c1100 planum [genus mensure] est quod quidam epipedon vocant, alii pedes constratos, cujus longitudinem et latitudinem metimus Eng. Weights 2.  i solidum [genus mensure] est quod quidam stereon vocant; alii autem pedes quadratos cujus longitudinem et latitudinem et crassitudinem metimus Eng. Weights 2. 8 foot (as square measure): a (of glass); b (of lead). a 1296 idem computat ‥ xxj s. x d. ob. in sexaginta quindecim pedibus vitri emptis pro dictis fenestris cum stipendiis faciencium et inponencium DL MinAc 1/1 m. 12d.; 1384 pro factura xxiiij ped’ de vitro apud B. Ac. Durh. 593; 1390 pro v pedibus de fenestre; item pro xiij pedibus de vonser ‥; item pro xj pedibus de caminis (Ac. King’s Hall) Arch. Hist. Camb. II 439n; 1539 pro operacione xlv pedum vitri novi Feod. Durh. 305.  b 1289 de quolibet pede plumbi, unum quadrantem RGasc II 405b; 1296 summa summarum totius plumbi recepti de toto tempore predicto: vjmiiijxx vij pedes jx lib. et dimidia KR Ac 260/6 m. 1; 1300 xxiiij pedes et pede continente lxx libras (v. 2 carrata e); 1300 memorandum quod ‥ quilibet pes plumbi continet lxx li. plumbi ‥ et quelibet libra plumbi ponderat xxv s. sterlingorum Pipe 145 r. 22d.; a1307 (v. 2 carrata e); 1322 de xxiiij carr’ iiij pedibus plumbi venditis MinAc 1146/11 m. 12. 9 (artefact that resembles or serves as a) foot or leg: a (pes ligneus) wooden model of the foot, cobbler’s last. b (as one or other of the ends of the legs of a pair of compasses); c (of cup, pot, or sim.); d (of mill-wheel or sim.); e (of bridge). f (of baptismal font) pedestal. g (arch., pes tabulae or pro tabula) corbel. a pes ligneus ad quem respicit sutor ut secundum ipsum formet soleam Gros. Ep. 1 p. 4; secundo dicitur forma, ad cujus similitudinem quid formatur, sicut pes ligneus dicitur forma solee, que secundum illum formatur Bradw. CD 154A; sicut pes ligneus ad quem respicit sutor ut secundum ipsam formam soleam dicitur forma solee Wycl. Ente Praed. 261.  b ex circino cujus pes fixus ‥ pes mobilis ‥ foret Wycl. Mand. Div. 145 (v. circinus 1a).  c c1220 calix non bene fixus ad pedem Reg. S. Osm. I 311; 1224 cifum argenteum cum pede Pat 449; 1325 in j pecia ferri empta pro pedibus unius olle emendandis iij d. in stipendio fabri pro predictis pedibus fabricandis et ponendis iiij d. Rec. Elton 275; 1328 item unus ciphus de mazer sine pede et sine circulo precii x s KR Ac 239/13 m. 2; 1368 cuppam ‥ que inscripta est in pede ‘quod habeant memoriam de Seint Mary Otery’ (Test. Episc.) Reg. Exon. 1553; 1383 crux ‥ cum pede argenti deaurato Ac. Durh. 426.  d 1226 custus molendini ‥ in pede ereo de novo empto et veteri pede fundendo per ij vices Pipe Wint. 11M59/B1/13 m. 1; 1374 cuidam fabro emendanti pedem unius fusilli DL MinAc 507/8227 m. 11; 1374 molendini ‥ pedes ‥ de novo facient (v. gena 2); 1472 sol’ J. W. molendinario ‥ pro factura del milniryns ‥ ac j pedis enei Ac. Durh. 643.  e 1390 tenetur reparare ‥ pedem pontis ‥ cum uno arche dicto pedi annexato (CoramR) Pub. Works I 29; 1461 usque ad exteriorem pedem unius pontis vocati a draght brigge (v. custodia 4e).  f 1451 pro j lapide marmorio ‥ pro pede fontis capelle de Mawdelaynz Ac. Durh. 240.  g c1341 in xxiij pedibus pro tabulis et leggemens empt’ Sacr. Ely II 96; 1342 in lv pedibus tabularum empt’ Ib. 109. 10 foot, lowest part, base: a (of topographical feature, building, or sim.). b (of document or sim., also detachable); c (of account, w. ref. to sum total). d (leg., pes chirographi or finis) foot of a fine. a ad radices pedis castelli defluit amnis piscosus W. Malm. GP III 130 p. 270; fit autem et alia hujus nominis transumptio secundum usum vulgarem, qua ‘pes montis’ vel ‘pes turris’ dicitur; sed ista equivocationis inefficax est, prior effectiva Balsh. AD rec. 2 44; 1289 pedem turris ‥ perforare, et ibidem ‥ portam facere RGasc II 319a..  b c1230 si contingat quod carta, pes, tallia, vel aliquid aliud instrumentum sub nomine meo inveniatur (Invent.) Feod. Durh. 204b; c1240 secunda pars que pes vocatur cirographi ‥ remaneat penes Judeum a quo debitum illud fuerit mutuatum (Lit. Regis) Leg. Ant. Lond. 237; ita quod liceat ei debitum suum per pedem illum petere Ib.; 1244 Eboracum accedas ad archam cirographorum, et pedem quem inveneris in eadem archa sub nominibus predictorum N. et M. ‥ quietum facias liberari Couch. Kirkstall 64p. 47; questione lxvij, articulo iiij, in pede, ubi ait: ‥ Capgr. Hen. 7.  c sciendum est quod priusquam rotulum scribat, probabit pedem compoti et tallias quantum recepit FormMan 36; 1312 summa dictorum receptorum cum pede computi anni sexti EHR XLI 355; 1344 quod pedi annualis compoti verus inseratur status Pri. Cold. 31; 1396 debet ‥ xij li. xviij s. vj d., que continentur ‥ infra summam debitam in pede hujus compoti ExchScot 378; 1443 arreragia: null’ hic quia inferius in pede istius compoti Comp. Dom. Buck. 3; 1469 memorandum quod computans non onerat se de viij li. restantibus in pede ultimi compoti sui ExchScot 647.  d 1200 inde vocat justiciarios ad warantiam et pedem cirographi qui est in thesauro CurR I 208; 1228 pes cyrographi est in thesauro BNB II 246; 1263 pedes ci[rographorum] de termino sancte Trinitatis de anno xlvij Fines 1/214/27/24; dicit quod ‥ finem levavit rite ‥ et petit quod inspiciantur rotuli de Banco breve et nota et pes ejusdem finis State Tri. Ed. I 25; 1369 inspeximus transcriptum pedis cujusdam finis levati in curia ‥ regis FormA 225; 1384 tenor pedis finis ‥ sequitur in hec verba: ‘hec est finalis concordia ‥’ RParl III 194b; transcriptum pedis finis pred’ justiciar’ Reg. Brev. Jud. f. 14v.. 11 (pes sigilli) half-seal, the impression of the reverse of the Great Seal (cf. EHR XXXVII 270–2. 1283 juxta tenorem ‥ littere et ‥ peticionum quas vobis transmittimus sub pede sigilli nostri RGasc II 179b; 1335 mittimus tibi sub pede sigilli nostri nomina electorum RScot 316b; 1336 mittimus autem vobis sub pede sigilli nostri tam nomina assignatorum quam arraiatorum Ib. 394b; 1343 profert hic in curia, sub pede sigilli regis Couch. Kirkstall 399 p. 311. 12 (pes originationis) pedigree, lineage, descent. s1461 declaravit ‥ pedem sue originacionis, ita distincte ‥ ut valerent omnes ‥ intelligere, quomodo ipse verus heres regni fuerat Reg. Whet. I 405. 13 (metr.) metrical foot; b (pes senus) hexameter. regula bucolici carminis exigit ut quartus pes dactilo semper clauderetur Aldh. Met. 10 p. 96; hi sunt proprie rethorum pedes qui quaternarum mensuram sillabarum transeuntes a metricis magnopere spreti repudiantur Id. PR 141 (142) p. 201; grammaticorum ‥ disciplinas ‥ pedibus poeticis [gl.: mid scoplicum vel meterlicum fotum] compactas ‥ inquirendo Id. VirgP 3 p. 232; pes est syllabarum et temporum certa dinumeratio Bede AM 107; quibus, cum versum per verba, verba per pedes, pedes per syllabas ‥ dividant Id. TR 3 p. 183; de pedibus vel metris de quibus hic reticemus Ælf. Gram. 2; pedes in metris, accentus in sillabis attendit J. Sal. Met. 850C.  b versus ille suos seno pede currere cogit L. Durh. Dial. IV 41. 14 (mus.) form of figure in chant notation. b minimal pattern of rhythmical unit. c tenor. pes dictus ad similitudinem pedis. pes flexus componitur ex pede et flexa. pes quassus dictus quia voce tremula et multum mota formatur Odington 94.  b procedendo semper per longam brevem pro pede supleto Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 24; pes perficitur in penultima et pes primi modi in brevi terminatur et pes secundi in longa terminatur Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 25; quarta [pars] de inequalitate temporum in pedibus quibus metra et rithmi decurrunt Odington 43.  c c1240 hanc rotam cantare possunt iiij sociis; a paucioribus ‥ quam a tribus vel saltem duobus non debet dici preter eos qui dicunt pedem. canitur ‥ sic: tacentibus ceteris, unus inchoat cum hiis qui tenent pedem et, cum venerit ad primam notam post crucem, inchoat alius, et sic de ceteris (MS BL Harl. 978 f. 11v) Dobson & Harrison, Med. English Songs (London, 1979) p. 300. 15 end (of period of time). Warwici pede Septembris comes, ecce! redivit / Calesiam reliquis navibus ipse suis Elmh. Metr. Hen. V 998. 16 (bot., in plant-names): a (pes accipitris, ancipitris or aucipitris) columbine, hawk’s foot (Aquilegia vulgaris) or cranesbill (Geranium). b (pes alaudae) ? forking larkspur (Delphinium consolida). c (pes anserinus) goose-foot (Chenopodium). d (pes arietis) meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) or water crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis). e (pes cervi or cervinus) ? pignut, earthnut (Conopodium majus). f (pes ciconiae) kind of plant. g (pes columbae or sim.) dove’s foot, cranesbill (Geranium molle); ? columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris). h (pes cornicis or corvi) crowfoot (Ranunculus); meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris); water crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis). i (pes galli) columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) or meadow buttercup ( Ranunculus acris). j (pes gallinaceus) fumitory (Fumasia). k (pes leonis) lady’s mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris); (sts. understood as) cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans). l (pes leporis) wood avens, herb bennet (Geum urbanum). m (pes locustae) ? kind of plant. n (pes mentularum) kind of plant. o (pes milvi) ceterach (Ceterach officinarum) or ? bishop-weed (Ammi majus). p (pes nisi) (understood as) kind of watercress (Nasturcium officinale or Rorippa nasturcium aquaticum) or kind of spleenwort (Asplenium). q (pes pulli) purslane (Portulaca oleracea) coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) ? yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea); meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris). r (pes ? urti or urticae) watercress (Rorippa nasturcium-aquaticum). s (pes vituli) cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) or ? purslane (Portulaca oleracea). t (pes vulturis) kind of plant, ? ceterach (Ceterach ocinarum). a pes ancipitris, i. columbina SB 33; pes aucipitris, A. herbe Robert MS BL Add. 27582 f. 62; pes aucipitis, columbyne Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 84; pes ancipitris, i. columbina, G. rosegras A. haukysfote MS BL Sloane 347 f. 92; pes ancipitris, i. herba celestis MS BL Sloane 420 f. 119v; pes accipitris, i. columbina, A. rosgrasse ‥ A haukesfote MS BL Sloane 964 f. 76.  b pes alaude, larkefote Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 84.  c pes anserinus ‥ may be called in Englishe goosefote Turner Herb Names H iiij.  d pes arietis ‥ rammesfot or lodewort Agnus Castus f. 16v p. 199; pes arietis, ramysfote ‥ lodeworte MS BL Sloane 5 f. 45va.  e carnopodium vel sinopodium, pes cervinus idem herba est Alph. 34; cinopedicon, pes cervinus idem, A. ertesfet Ib. 40; pes cervinus, respice in carnopodion et in cinopodicon Ib. 141; pes cervi, hertisfote MS Camb. UL Dd. 11. 45 f. 112.  f imbis, i. pes ciconie Alph. 86; pes ciconie, respice in nubis Ib. 139.  g pes columbinus, pimpinella, gallitricum Gilb. II 85v. 2; succus pedis columbini Gad. 34. 1; spergula, i. pes columbinus SB 40; pes columbe ‥ colverfot or pes de columbe Agnus Castus f. 170 p. 197; pes columbinus ‥ A. †claverfot [v. l. colverfot] Alph. 140; pes columbine, spurge, i. maswort idem vel renewrt Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 84; geranium is of two kyndes. the one kynde is called pinke nedle or cranesbyl the other is called pes columbinus ‥ and it maye be called in Englishe dovefote Turner Herb Names D iii.  h pes corvi, i. apium emoroidarum SB 33; pes corvi silvaticis, white crowfoot Agnus Castus f. 16v p. 199; pes cornicis, ledewort MS Camb. UL Dd. 11. 45 f. 111v; pes cornicis ‥ revenysfote MS BL Royal 12 E i f. 99; pes corvi G. pé de corf “c. s.”, A. crowefot MS BL Sloane 5 f. 10vb; pes corvi silvaticus, quite crowefote MS Camb. UL Dd. 11. 45 f. 111v.  i aquileya columbaria idem, dicitur herba quedam calida, id quod pes galli Alph. 13n; pes galli, columbine, cokfote MS Camb. UL Dd. 11. 45 f. 112.  j pes gallinacius, respice in talapsium Alph. 141; thalapsium sive ut alii sinapiagrion, vel ut Latini scandancium vel scandalicum, i. pes gallinaceus Ib. 181.  k herba pes leonis þæt is leonfot Leechdoms I 10; peos wyrt þe man pedem leonis ‥ oþrum naman leonfot nemneþ heo biþ cenned on feldon Ib. 98; sume de radicibus pede leonis Pop. Med. 246. 82; pes leonis, similis est pedi corvi SB 33; pes leonis, i. pentafilon secundum quosdam Ib.; pes leonis unum habet stipitem magnum, alios minores, folia que sunt juxta terram sunt rotunda Alph. 141; pes leonis ‥ pe de lyon MS Bodleian Ashmole 1447 p. 213.  l pes leporis, avancia idem SB 33; avencia, pes leporis, gariofilata, sanamunda, zimus idem, G. et A. avense Alph. 17; gariofilata, sanamunda, pes leporis, avencia idem. G. et A. avence Ib. 70; pes leporinus, gariofilata avencia idem, G. et A. avence Ib. 141.  m pes lucuste, pes bruste, est alumen Jumeni LC 257a..  n pes mentularum, pé de coylun MS BL Add. 15236 f. 13.  o catracta, pes mulvi Alph. 29; herba calida, pes millvi, catracta Ib. 83; pes milvi, i. herba calida, i. contrarca Ib. 140.  p pes nisi secundum aliquos est genus narstucii aquatici Alph. 140; pes nisi, pulmonaria, pollitricum, sperhaukesfote MS BL Sloane 282 f. 172ra; pes nisi after sum men it is the kynde of a water kerse MS BL Sloane 3217 f. 61v.  q andragnis, i. pes pulli et pocculaca Gl. Laud. 144; achilleia, i. pes pulli Ib. 182; portulaca, i. pes pulli Ib. 1150; pes pulli, portulaca idem, purcelan SB 34; pes pulli agrestus [sic] ‥ folys foot or pes pully Agnus Castus p. 195; pes pully pratrinus ‥ myddyl folys fot Ib.; pes pulli aquatice ‥ water folys fot Ib.; herba terrestris, pes pulli idem Alph. 83; pes pulli, herba terrestris idem, crescit in montibus et in terris cultis. G. pee de polayn vel pe de clyval A. donnhoue vel wowell vel feldhoue Ib. 140; portulaca vel portacla, andrago vel andragnis, pes pulli idem, G. et A. porsulaigne Ib. 149; pes pulli agrestis major wolwfote. pes pulli pratinus medius, ze[le]w cray, mareblowre MS BL Royal 12 E i f. 99.  r pes urti, nasturcium aquaticum, watercarse Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 84.  s Aaron, jarus, pes vituli SB 9; herba Aaron, i. pes vituli SB 24; jarus ‥ pes vituli ‥ i. ȝekesterse SB 24; pes vituli, i. yekesterse SB 33; wolvesfote, arone, pes vetuli MS BL Add. 17866 f. 42va; alcon ‥ pes vituli idem, G. rarouse, A. cokkowespitte Alph. 5; interficiens patrem, respice in pes vituli Ib. 87; pes vituli similis est jaro in foliis, nisi quod javus habet cornuta folia et pes vituli varia; alio nomine dicitur interficiens patrem, A. stondenegousse Ib. 140; pes vituli pee de polyen, folefote idem, i. ȝekesters Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 84; pes vituli pratinus minor, calvysfote MS BL Royal 12 E i f. 99; pes vituli, cocowpyntell MS Camb. UL Dd. 11. 45 f. 112; aras ab officinis pes vituli et serpentaria minor vocatur a nostris vero cockowpyntell Turner Herb. A iii.  t pes vulturis similis est philipendule, sed folia habet majus rotunda Alph. 140; pes vulturis, puttokesfot MS Gonv. & Caius Coll. Camb. 200 (106) p. 207b; pes wlturis similis est filipendule sed folia habet magis rotunda MS Bodleian Ashmole 1447 p. 213.

pēs, (6) pĕdis, m. (πούς).

I ¶ 1 [en parl. des h. et des animaux] : pied, patte, serre ¶ 2 [expr. diverses] : pedem ferre Virg. En. 2, 756, porter ses pas, aller, venir, cf. Virg. G. 1, 11 ; pedem portā, limine efferre Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4 ; Cæl. 34, mettre le pied dehors, hors de chez soi ; in fundo pedem ponere Cic. Cæc. 31, poser le pied dans une propriété, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 48 ; Att. 12, 2 ; in pedes se conjicere Pl. Bacch. 374 ; Ter. Phorm. 190, prendre la fuite, jouer des jambes || pedibus, à pied Cic. CM 34, [dʼoù] par voie de terre Cæs. G. 3, 12, 1 ; à gué Cæs. G. 5, 18 || ad pedes alicujus ou alicui accidere, procidere, jacere, se abjicere, se projicere, se prosternere, tomber, être étendu, se jeter, se prosterner aux pieds de qqn, v. ces verbes || servus a pedibus Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1, esclave qui fait les courses ; sub pedibus alicujus relinquere aliquid Liv. 34, 32, 5, laisser qqch. sous les pieds de qqn = sous la domination de qqn || sub pedibus esse, jacere, être foulé aux pieds, être méprisé : Ov. M. 14, 490 ; Tr. 1, 8, 16 || per me trahantur isti pedibus Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2, je veux bien quʼon emmène au diable ces gens-là, cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2 || ante pedes positum esse Cic. de Or. 3, 160, être devant les pieds = à portée de la main ; omni pede stare Quint. 12, 9, 18, être campé solidement pour lʼattaque, être tout prêt ; pede æquo congredi Virg. En. 12, 465, attaquer de pied ferme ; nec caput nec pedes Curius d. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2, ni queue, ni tête, cf. Pl. Capt. 614 ; As. 729 ; Plin. 27, 131 ; pes secundus, felix Virg. En. 8, 302 ; Ov. F. 1, 514, pied favorable, = arrivée favorable || [milit.] : pedem conferre, en venir aux mains, v. confero ; ad pedes desilire Cæs. G. 4, 12, 2, sauter à bas de cheval ; ad pedes pugna venerat Liv. 21, 46, 6, le combat était devenu un engagement dʼinfanterie ; pedibus merere Liv. 24, 18, 9, servir dans lʼinfanterie || pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus Liv. 9, 8, 13, se ranger à lʼavis de qqn || tollere pedes Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5 = ad concubitum ¶ 3 [fig.] a) pied dʼune table : Ov. M. 8, 661 ; b) [en parl. de lʼeau] : liquido pede Lucr. 6, 638, dʼune marche transparente ; crepante pede Hor. Epo. 16, 48, dʼun pied bruyant, dʼune allure bruyante.

II sens partic. ¶ 1 pied [mesure = 0,296 m = 4 palmes = 16 pouces (digitus) ] : pedem non discedere, non egredi Cic. Dej. 42 ; Att. 13, 16, 1, ne pas sʼéloigner, ne pas sortir dʼun pas [de la longueur dʼun pied] ; pedem in Italia video nullum esse qui non in istius potestate sit Cic. Att. 7, 22, 1, je vois quʼil nʼy a pas un pouce de sol en Italie qui ne soit en son pouvoir ¶ 2 pied [métrique] : Cic. de Or. 3, 82, etc. ; pedibus claudere verba Hor. S. 2, 1, 28, enfermer les mots dans la mesure du vers || mètre, vers : Hor. O. 4, 6, 35 || mesure, cadence [musique] : Plin. 29, 6 ¶ 3 écoute [deux cordages attachés lʼun à gauche, lʼautre à droite au coin de la voile pour la tendre dʼun côté ou de lʼautre] : pedem facere Virg. En. 5, 830, manœuvrer une écoute ; pedibus æquis Cic. Att. 16, 6 ; pede æquo Ov. F. 3, 565, avec la voile également tendue, à pleine voile ¶ 4 tige dʼun fruit : Plin. 15, 5 ; Col. Rust. 12, 43 || pes milvi ou milvinus Col. Rust. 12, 7, tige de plante appelée batis || pedes gallinacei Plin. 25, 155, [plante] = capnos ; pedes betacei Varro R. 1, 2, 27, bette.

➳ pedes au sens de « poux » vient de pedis.

pes , pedis. m.
脚。尺。七寸三分。屋地。帆縄。風繚。— mensae 桌脚。— uvae 空葡萄球。— milvinus 小葉草。— vinaceorum 一次壓之葡萄果。— olearum 一次壓之油果。Lesbius pes 曲。律詩。Citus pes 高地二音之詩步。Ferre vel afferre pedem 走。來。Referre pedem 走别。旋步。Pedibus merere 當步兵。Pedem conferre cum eo 相鬥。 Ad pedes descendere 下馬戰。Pedem trahere 蹶行。Pedibus trahere id 不理。不當事。Ante pedes esse 在當面。方便。Suo se pede metiri 照自己之能力。Stans pede in uno 易如反掌。Conjicere se in pedes 逃跑。Dare pedibus 逃跑。Pedem facere 傍風走。横帆行。Prolatis pedibus 鬆帆縄。鬆繚。Nunquam a te pedem discessi 從來未離汝。Pedem egredi 出門。Pedes navales 衆水手。Manibus pedibusque 大勉力。拮据。

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• PED-, a foot: nudus, T.: pedibus aeger, S.: si pes condoluit: pede tellurem pulsare, i. e. dance, H.: cycnum pedibus uncis Sustulit, talons, V.: pedum digiti, toes, O.: numquam huc tetulissem pedem, would have come hither, T.: Nusquam pedem (sc. feram), I won't stir a step, T.: pedem ferre, go, V.: si in fundo pedem posuisses, set foot: profugum referre pedem, return, O.: magis pedem conferre, come to closer quarters: ut prope conlato pede gereretur res, almost hand to hand, L.: votis malignum Opponit nostris pedem, sets her foot against(of Fortune), O.: retrahitque pedem simul unda relabens, V.: ego me in pedes (dedi), took to my heels, T.—Ablplur. (rarely sing.), of motion, afoot, on foot, marching, walking: pedibus vincere, in running, O.: cum ingressus iter pedibus sit: pedibus compensari pecuniam, i. e. the long walk to the property makes up for its cheapness: ut omnes pedibus mererent, serve as infantry, L.: cum illud iter pedibus confici soleat, by land: quod flumen pedibus transiri potest, be forded, Cs.: in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur, i. e. when a division was taken on this question, L.: cum omnes in sententiam eius pedibus irent, voted for his resolution, L.: Quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas, O.: tua dexter adi pede sacra secundo, expressive of favor, V.: Ripa felici tacta sit pede, propitious, O.: quid tam dextro pede concipis, etc., auspiciously(the right foot being associated with good omens), Iu.—Accplur. with ad: ad pedes descensum ab Romanis est, the Romans dismounted, L.: magnā ex parte ad pedes pugna venerat, mainly an infantry fight, L.: ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio, supplicating each: vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis: cui cum se maesta turba ad pedes provolvisset, L.— In expression of subjection or inferiority: servus a pedibus, footman: Omnia sub pedibus vertique regique, under their sway, V.: duas urbīs sub pedibus tuis relinquemus, L.: Sub pedibus timor est, is spurned, O.—In the phrase, pedibus trahi, to be dragged by the heels, go to the dogs: trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei.—In the phrase, ante pedes, before the feet, in plain view, evident: quod ante pedes est, Videre, T.: eos ante pedes suos iugulari coëgit.—In phrases with caput: tuas res ita contractas, ut nec caput nec pedes (habeant), i. e. neither beginning nor end: ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae, i. e. the several parts, H.—In the phrase, manibus pedibus, with might and main: Conari manibus pedibus noctīsque et dies, T.—Meton., of a couch or table, a foot, leg, prop: Lectuli pedes, T.: mensae, O.: grabati, a handle, Ct.—In navigation, a sheet, sail-rope: pede labitur aequo, i. e. before the wind, O.: pedibus aequis: unā omnes fecere pedem, i. e. let out the sheet, V.—In verse, a foot: herous: pedibus claudere verba, to make verses, H.: Musa per undenos emodulanda pedes, in hexameters and pentameters, O.: extremum seu trahat pedem, i. e. limps(of the choliambus), O.—A kind of verse, measure: Et pede, quo debent acria bella geri, O.: Lesbius, H.—As a measure, a foot: intervallum pedum duorum, Cs.: pedem discessisse: pede suo se metiri, by his own foot-rule, i. e. by his own abilities, H.

PES

PES[MENSURApp. 161, 162.]

Pes

See mensura.