- 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
The term "pedes ambulatorii," or walking-feet, is applied too generally, and should be confined to the gallinaceous and Pigeon tribes.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
They move with a certain Roman state and dignity of bearing— pedes vestis defluxit ad imos Et vera incessu patuit dea.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar
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 John Hay
Certain lines have not pedes, or feet, enough to walk on.
From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg, Baron
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