pĕdĭtātus — Lewis & Short
pĕdĭtātus, ūs, m.pedes,
I foot-soldiers, foot, infantry (opp. equitatus, cavalry):
aliquem peditatu, equitatu, copiis instruere,Cic. Phil. 5, 2, 6:
equitatum peditatumque cogere,Caes. B. G. 5, 3.—In plur.: peditatibus et equitatibus celeriter iter faciens, Auct. B. Hisp. 37.