peditatus Latin · revision 10122

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *pṓds}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛ.dɪˈtaː.tʊs], [pɛ.dɪˈtaː.tuːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pe.diˈtaː.tus], [pe.diˈtaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''peditātus''' ''m'' (genitive peditātūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pedes|-ātus|t1=foot soldier]], from [[pēs]] “foot”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨pēs⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pōd-|t=foot]], [[ine-pro|*pṓds|t=foot]], cognate with Umbrian ⟨peři⟩ “foot”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cato.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun it meant foot soldiers, infantry, the opposite of [[equitātus]] “cavalry”, as in Cicero and Caesar, and the ''Bellum Hispaniense'' has the plural.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) An adjective ''peditātus'' “composed of infantry” occurs in Hyginus and inscriptions.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for infantry.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|infantry|alt=Infantry]], foot soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Composed of infantry.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pedes]]

+ * [[pēs]]

+ * [[equitātus]]

+ * [[en|pedestrian]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}