- plural of pes.
pedes
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Silent became she, and the Angels sangSuddenly, "In te, Domine, speravi:"But beyond "pedes meos" did not pass.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2010
I complained quietly to my God, because, having given me the idea of escaping, Concluserat vias meas lapidibus quadris, et in loco spatioso pedes meos.
From Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
With the second book of the Compendium the system of the discussion of diseases a capite ad pedes is commenced, and produces some curious associates.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
The measure of quantity is put after adjectives, in the accusative, the ablative, and the genitive case, as Anguis centum pedes longus: A snake a hundred feet long.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John
The slab is enclosed in red jasper and guarded by an iron grating, and above it these words of the Psalmist are engraved in the stone, Adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes ejus.
From Castilian Days by Hay, John
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