pedarius

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

pĕdārĭus, a, um, adj. [pes], of or belonging to the foot, foot-.—Only transf.

I pedarii senatores, those senators who had not yet been entered by the censors on the list or roll of senators , and who had no vote of their own , but could merely signify their assent to that of another , Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 18, 5; Tac. A. 3, 65.—Also as subst.: pĕdārii , ōrum, m., Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9; 1, 20, 4; and in sing.: pedarī sententia, Laber. ap. Gell. 3, 18, 9.—

II Of the size of a foot , a foot long , broad , etc.: EX TIGNO PEDARIO, i. e. a foot wide , Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2.

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