paraveredus
Latin
Etymology
From para- (from Ancient Greek παρά (pará)) + verēdus (from Proto-Celtic *uɸorēdos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.ra.u̯eˈreː.dus/, [päräu̯ɛˈreːd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.ra.veˈre.dus/, [päräveˈrɛːd̪us]
Noun
paraverēdus m (genitive paraverēdī); second declension
- (Late Latin) An extra horse; post horse or courier's horse for outlying or out of the way places.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | paraverēdus | paraverēdī |
Genitive | paraverēdī | paraverēdōrum |
Dative | paraverēdō | paraverēdīs |
Accusative | paraverēdum | paraverēdōs |
Ablative | paraverēdō | paraverēdīs |
Vocative | paraverēde | paraverēdī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old French: palafrei
- Old Occitan: palafré
- → Old Dutch: *pered
- → Old High German: pfarifrit, pharifrit, pharafrit, pferit, pherit
- Middle High German: phërt, pfërt, pfërit, pfaerît n
References
- “paraveredus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paraveredus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages - Friedrich Diez, Friedrich Christian