multipes

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

multĭ-pēs, ĕdis, adj. [multus-pes], many-footed, multipede (post-Aug.).

I Adj., Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249.—

II Subst.: multĭpēs , pĕdis, m., a multipede, millipede , an insect: multipes vermis terrenus a multitudine pedum vocatus, Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 6.