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foedus.

treaty, league, formal agreement (between states), alliance; P:peace, amity; contract, compact; promise, undertaking; marriage bond; other sexual unions; |bond/tie (friendship/kinship/hospitality); law/limit (imposed by nature/fate);

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfoe̯.dʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈfɛː.dus]
  1. treaty, compact, alliance, truce, league

    declension-3 · neuter
  2. agreement, bond, contract, compact, pact, pledge, conditions, terms

    declension-3 · neuter
  3. covenant

    declension-3 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *feiðos (“faithful”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-os, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to trust”). Same root as fīdō, fidēs, fīdus, and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną. Perhaps a corruption from an o-stem.

adj[ˈfoe̯.dʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈfɛː.dus]
  1. filthy, foul, disgusting, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  2. disgraceful, vile, obscene, base, horrible, dreadful, dishonorable, shameful, infamous, foul

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *foiðos (“afraid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”).

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