tardĭ-pēs, pĕdis, adj. [tardus-pes],
slowfooted , tardy-footed; hence, poet. transf., limping , halting , an epithet of Vulcan: deus, Cat. 36, 7; and of the same, absol. : quin et Tardipedi sacris jam rite solutis, of slow-foot , tardy-foot , Col. 10, 419.
tardipēs pedis, adj.tardus+pes, limping, halting (epithet of Vulcan), Ct. ...
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