loripes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lōrĭpēs, pĕdis, adj. [lorum-pes],

strapfooted , i. e. limber-footed, lithe-legged; acc. to others, crook-footed, bandy-legged : proci loripedes, tardissimi, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 7: loripedem rectus derideat, Juv. 2, 23: juvenis, id. 10, 308: gentem inter Nomadas Indos, anguium modo loripedem, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 25; cf. id. 5, 8, 8, § 46; Petr. 45, 11.

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