multipeda

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

multĭpĕda, ae, f. [multus-pes],

I a multipede , an insect, Plin. 22, 25, 58, § 122; 29, 6, 39, § 143; v. millepeda.—

II A measure a number of feet long, Gram. Vet. p. 190, 6.