paraveredus

Latin

Etymology

From para- (from Ancient Greek παρά (pará)) + verēdus (from Proto-Celtic *uɸorēdos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.weˈreː.dus/, [pa.ra.wɛˈreː.dʊs]

Noun

paraverēdus m (genitive paraverēdī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) An extra horse; post horse or courier's horse for outlying or out of the way places.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	paraverēdus	paraverēdī
genitive	paraverēdī	paraverēdōrum
dative	paraverēdō	paraverēdīs
accusative	paraverēdum	paraverēdōs
ablative	paraverēdō	paraverēdīs
vocative	paraverēde	paraverēdī

Related terms

• verēdārius
• verēdus

Descendants

• Dutch: paard
• English: palfrey
• German: Pferd
• French: palafrei, palefroi
• Italian: palafreno

• Luxembourgish: Päerd
• Old High German: pfarifrit
• Portuguese: palafrém
• Spanish: palafrén

References

• paraveredus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paraveredus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages - Friedrich Diez, Friedrich Christian