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pedalis

pedalis · adj

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pĕdālis — Lewis & Short

pĕdālis, e, adj.pes,

I 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, 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.

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