pĕdālis, e, adj. [pes], of or belonging to the foot, foot-.
I In gen.; hence, subst.: pĕdālis , is, f. (sc. solea), a slipper , Petr 56.—
II In partic., of the size of a foot , of a foot , as a measure; a foot in length , breadth , thickness , etc.: sol mihi videtur quasi pedalis, a foot in diameter , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 26, 82; cf. Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 10: transtra ex pedalibus in latitudinem trabibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: longitudo, Col. 4, 7, 3: crassitudo, Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 47: altitudo, id. 20, 22, 91, § 247: spatium, Col. 4, 16, 2: intervalla, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 21: sulcus, id. 17, 20, 33, § 146.—Subst.: pĕdālis , is, f., a measure; in gen.: tuae praecisionis, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.