pēs (noun M) : kindr. with Sanscr. pād, foot, from root pad, ire; Gr. ποδ-, ποῦς; Goth. fōt; old Germ. vuoz; Engl. foot
* A foot of man or beast.
* Lit.: si pes condoluit,Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: calcei apti ad pedem,id. de Or. 1, 54, 231: nec manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra,id. Univ. 6: pede tellurem pulsare,i. e. to dance,Hor. C. 1, 37, 1; cf.: alterno pede terram quatere,id. ib. 1, 4, 7; 4, 1, 27: pedis aptissima forma,Ov. Am. 3, 3, 7: aves omnes in pedes nascuntur,are born feet first,Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149: cycnum pedibus Jovis armiger uncis Sustulit,Verg. A. 9, 564; cf. id. ib. 11, 723: pedem ferre, to go or come, id. G. 1, 11: si in fundo pedem posuisses,set foot,Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: pedem efferre, to step or go out, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19: qui pedem portā non extulit,Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; 6, 8, 5: pedem portā non plus extulit quam domo suā,id. ib. 8, 2, 4: pedem limine efferre, id. Cael. 14, 34: pedem referre, revocare, retrahere, to go or come back, to return: profugum referre pedem,Ov. H. 15, 186; id. M. 2, 439.—Said even of streams: revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto,Verg. A. 9, 125: retrahitque pedes simul unda relabens,id. ib. 10, 307; cf. infra, II. H.: pedibus, on foot, afoot: cum ingressus iter pedibus sit,Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Suet. Aug. 53.— Esp. in phrase: pedibus ire, venire, etc.: pedibus proficisci,Liv. 26, 19: pedibus iter conficere,id. 44, 5: quod flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transire potest,Caes. B. G. 5, 18: (Caesar) pedibus Narbonem pervenit,id. B. C. 2, 21: ut neque pedibus aditum haberent,id. B. G. 3, 12 init.—Rarely pede ire (poet. and late Lat.): quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas,Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 66: Jordanem transmiserunt pede,Ambros. in Psa. 118, 165, n. 16.—Trop.: Bacchus flueret pede suo,i. e. wine unmixed with water,Auct. Aetn. 13; cf.: musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluant,Ov. P. 2, 9, 32, and II. H. infra.—Pregn., by land: cum illud iter Hispaniense pedibus fere confici soleat: aut si quis navigare velit, etc.,Cic. Vatin. 5, 12: seu pedibus Parthos sequimur, seu classe Britannos,Prop. 2, 20, 63 (3, 23, 5): ego me in pedes (conicio),take to my heels, make off,Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 5.— Esp.: ad pedes alicui or alicujus, accidere, procidere, jacere, se abicere, se proicere, procumbere, etc., to approach as a suppliant, to fall at one's feet: ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio,Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5: abjectā togā se ad generi pedes abiecit,id. ib. 4, 2, 4: rex procidit ad pedes Achillei,Hor. Epod. 17, 14: vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis,Cic. Sest. 11, 26: filius se ad pedes meos prosternens,id. Phil. 2, 18, 45: tibi sum supplex, Nec moror ante tuos procubuisse pedes,Ov. H. 12, 186: cui cum se moesta turba ad pedes provolvisset,Liv. 6, 3, 4: ad pedes Caesaris provoluta regina,Flor. 4, 11, 9: (mater una) mihi ad pedes misera jacuit,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129; cf.: amplecti pedes potui,Ov. M. 9, 605: complector, regina, pedes,Luc. 10, 89: servus a pedibus,a footman, lackey,Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1: sub pedibus, under one's feet, i. e. in one's power, Verg. A. 7, 100; Liv. 34, 32: sub pedibus esse or jacere, to be or lie under one's feet, i. e. to be disregarded (poet.): sors ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est,Ov. M. 14, 490: amicitiae nomen Re tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet,id. Tr. 1, 8, 16: pedem opponere, to put one's foot against, i. e. to withstand, resist, oppose (poet.), id. P. 4, 6, 8: pedem trahere, to drag one's foot, i. e. to halt, limp; said of scazontic verse, id. R. Am. 378: trahantur haec pedibus, may be dragged by the heels, i. e. may go to the dogs (class.): fratrem mecum et te si habebo, per me ista pedibus trahantur,Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; id. Fam. 7, 32, 2: ante pedes esse or ante pedes posita esse, to lie before one's feet, i. e. before one's eyes, to be evident, palpable, glaring: istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est, Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt, Prospicere,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 32: transilire ante pedes posita, et alia longe repetita sumere,Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160: omni pede stare,i. e. to use every effort, make every exertion,Quint. 12, 9, 18: nec caput nec pes, neither head nor foot, beginning nor end, no part: nec caput nec pes sermonum apparet,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139: garriet quoi neque pes neque caput conpareat,id. Capt. 3, 4, 81: tuas res ita contractas, ut, quemadmodum scribis, nec caput nec pedes, Curio ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2: ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae,Hor. A. P. 8: dixit Cato, eam legationem nec caput, nec pedes, nec cor habere,Liv. Epit. 50: pes felix, secundus, i. e. a happy or fortunate arrival: adi pede secundo,Verg. A. 8, 302: felix,Ov. F. 1, 514; cf.: boni pedis homo, id est cujus adventus afferat aliquid felicitatis,Aug. Ep. ad Max. Gram. 44.—So esp. pes dexter, because it was of good omen to move the right foot first; temples had an uneven number of steps, that the same foot might touch the first step and first enter the temple,Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Petr. 30: quove pede ingressi?Prop. 3 (4), 1, 6.—So the left foot was associated with bad omens; cf. Suet. Aug. 92 init.: pessimo pede domum nostram accessit,App. M. 6, 26, p. 184, 1; hence, dextro pede, auspiciously: quid tam dextro pede concipis, etc., Juv. 10, 5: pedibus pecunia compensatur, said proverbially of distant lands purchased at a cheap rate, but which it costs a great deal to reach, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: a pedibus usque ad caput, from head to foot, all over (late Lat.; cf.: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20), Aug. in Psa. 55, 20; 90, 1, 2 et saep.; cf.: a vestigio pedis usque ad verticem,Ambros. Offic. Min. 2, 22, 114.
* In partic.
* Transf.
* Publicist's t. t.: pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus, to adopt one's opinion, take sides with one: cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,Liv. 9, 8, 13; 5, 9, 2.
* Pedes navales, rowers, sailors, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75.
* The barrow of a litter, Cat. 10, 22.
* Poet., of fountains and rivers: inde super terras fluit agmine dulci, Quā via secta semel liquido pede detulit undas, Lucr, 5, 272; 6, 638: crepante lympha desilit pede,Hor. Epod. 16, 47: liquido pede labitur unda,Verg. Cul. 17: lento pede sulcat harenas Bagrada,Sil. 6, 140.
* A metrical foot: ad heroum nos dactyli et anapaesti et spondei pedem invitas,Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 82: pedibus claudere verba,to make verses,Hor. S. 2, 1, 28: musa per undenos emodulanda pedes,in hexameters and pentameters,Ov. Am. 1, 1, 30: inque suos volui cogere verba pedes,id. Tr. 5, 12, 34.
* Ground, soil, territory (post-class.): in Caesariensis pede,Sol. 3, 2: omnis Africa Zeugitano pede incipit,id. 27, 1; cf.: quamvis angustum pedem dispositio fecit habitabilem,Sen. Tranq. An. 10, 4.
* In music, time (postAug.), Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.
* A foot, as a measure of length (class.): ne iste hercle ab istā non pedem discedat,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13: ab aliquo pedem discessisse,Cic. Deiot. 15, 42: pedem e villā adhuc egressi non sumus,id. Att. 13, 16, 1: pes justus,Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—Hence, transf.: pede suo se metiri, to measure one's self by one's own foot-rule, i. e. by one's own powers or abilities, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.
* Pedes, lice; v. pedis.
* The leg (late Lat.), in phrase: pedem frangere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22, 3; id. Serm. 273, 7.

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