Lewis Short
pÄ•dÄtastellus (noun M) : dim.peditaster, not in use; formed like parasitaster, etc.; cf.: magistellus, cultellus, etc.
* A wretched foot-soldier, tramp: at peditastelli quia erant, sivi viverent,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 50 Brix ad loc.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary