pedica
Latin
Etymology
From pēs, pedis + -ica.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.di.ka/, [ˈpɛd̪ɪkä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.di.ka/, [ˈpɛːd̪ikä]
Noun
pedica f (genitive pedicae); first declension
- shackle, fetter
- snare
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pedica | pedicae |
| Genitive | pedicae | pedicārum |
| Dative | pedicae | pedicīs |
| Accusative | pedicam | pedicās |
| Ablative | pedicā | pedicīs |
| Vocative | pedica | pedicae |
Derived terms
- impedicō
Descendants
- → Albanian: pengesë
- Aromanian: cheadicã
- Catalan: petja
- French: piège
- Galician: péga, piega
- Italian: pietica
- Portuguese: pega, peia
- Romanian: piedică
- Spanish: pielga
References
- “pedica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pedica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pedica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pedica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pedica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers