-pede

1. variant of -ped:

   centipede.

-pede

combining form

1. See -ped
   a variant of -ped

Example Sentences

Raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit pede Poena claudo.Horace.

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It grows on putrid animal bodies, as our fungus (ex pede equino) from the dead horses hoof.

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I never saw him look so savage at Guy as when the latter quoted, "Raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit pede pœna claudo."

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Several were much wounded, multos convulnerant, inter quos Gama in pede vulnus accepit, and Gama received a wound in the foot.

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Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.

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Words That Use -pede

What does -pede mean?

The combining form –pede is used like a suffix meaning “having a foot.” It is occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in biology.

The form –pede comes from Latin -pēs, meaning “-footed.” The Greek cognate of –pēs is –pous, “-footed,” which is the source of numerous combining forms that relate to the lower extremities, including pod–, podo–, –pod, –poda, –pode, –podium, and –podous. Discover more at our Words That Use articles for each of these seven forms.

What are variants of –pede?

The form –pede is a variant of –ped. Though not a variant, the form pedi– has the same root as –pede. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for –ped and pedi-.

Examples of -pede

One example of a term that features the form –pede is centipede, a kind of arthropod with many legs. Centipede comes from Latin centipeda, which uses the equivalent of –pede in that language.

The centi– part of the word means “hundred,” from Latin centum, while the form –pede in this case means “-footed.” Centipede literally translates to “hundred-footed,” or having hundreds of feet.

What are some words that use the combining form –pede?

• cirripede
• millipede (using the equivalent form of -pede in Latin)
• multipede (using the equivalent form of -pede in Latin)
• velocipede (using the equivalent form of -pede in French)

What are some other forms that –pede may be commonly confused with?

• -pedia
• -penia
• -ploid

Not every word that ends with the exact letters –pede, such as impede or stampede, is necessarily using the combining form –pede to denote “-footed.” Learn why stampede means “frenzied rush” at our entry for the word.

Break it down!

The combining form milli– means “thousand.” With this in mind, what does millipede mean?