pĕdes — Lewis & Short
pĕdes, itis, m.pes,
I one that is or goes on foot.
I In gen.:
etiam si pedes incedat,on foot, afoot, Liv. 28, 9, 15:
cum pedes iret in hostem,Verg. A. 6, 881:
silvā pedes errat in altā,Ov. M. 14, 364.—Esp., apposit.:
etiam si pedes incedat,Liv. 28, 9, 15:
Macedones sciverunt ne (Alexander) pedes venaretur,Curt. 8, 1, 18:
ipse equo desiluit, pedesque per nives ingredi coepit,id. 5, 6, 14:
agmen circumibat pedes,id. 7, 3, 17.—
II In partic.
A A foot-soldier:
postulavit ne quem peditem ad colloquium Caesar adduceret,Caes. B. G. 1, 42: equitum et peditum copiae, foot-soldiers, foot, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 1:
tria milia et septingenti pedites ierunt,Liv. 35, 40, 5.—
2 Collect., in sing., foot-soldiers, infantry. cum pedes concurrit, Liv. 30, 34:
in pedite robur,Tac. Agr. 12:
simul pedes, eques, classis apud praedictum amnem convenere,Tac. A. 1, 60; id. H. 4, 70.—
3 Transf.: equites pedites, as a general designation for the entire people; cf. colloq. Engl. horse, foot, and dragoons:
equitum peditumque prolem describunto,Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:
omnes cives Romani equites peditesque,Liv. 1, 44:
Romani tollent equites peditesque cachinnum,Hor. A. P. 113.— In sing.:
quodvis genus hominum ibi videas, equitem, peditem,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 10.—
B A land-soldier (opp. to a marine, classicus):
classicae peditumque expeditiones,Vell. 2, 121, 1.