pedes
Britishnoun
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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 Swainson, William
As the court was just about to open it fell to my lot to take the road back to Rostock per pedes.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
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 Sellar, W. Y.
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
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