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peditum

peditum is a Latin form of pedes, meaning “foot soldier, infantryman; (pl.) infantry”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

Found 503 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.33.3: Ita mobilitatem equitum, stabilitatem peditum in proeliis praestant, ac tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco i …

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 4.13.29: Haec dextri cornus facies erat. In laevo Craterus Peloponnesium equites habebat Achaeorum et Locrensium et Malieon turmis sibi adiunctis. Hos Thessali equites claudebant Philippo duce. Peditum acies equitatu tegebatur. Frons laevi cornus haec erat.

All forms of pedes (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.