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pes.

foot; [pedem referre => to retreat];

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpeːs]Classical-Latin[ˈpɛs]
  1. a foot, in its senses as a human foot

    declension-3
    … ne manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra …
  2. a foot, in its senses as any equivalent body part of an animal, including hooves, paws, etc.

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  3. a foot, in its senses as any of various units of length notionally based on the adult human foot, especially (historical) the Roman foot.

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  4. a foot, in its senses as a metrical foot: the basic unit of metered poetry

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  5. a foot, in its senses as the base of a mountain

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  6. a foot, in its senses as the bottom of a leg of a table, chair, stool, etc.

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  7. a place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil

    declension-3 · figuratively
  8. a rope attached to a sail in order to set

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  9. tempo, pace, time

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  10. the pedicel or stalk of a fruit

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *pets, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (compare Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (poús) and Old English fōt, whence English foot).

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