pedester

Latin

Etymology

From pedes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peˈdes.ter/, [pɛˈdɛs.tɛr]

Adjective

pedester (feminine pedestris, neuter pedestre); third declension

1. walking, pedestrian, on foot
2. of infantry, foot soldiers
3. prosaic, commonplace

Inflection

Third declension, nominative masculine singular in -er, nominative neuter singular in -e.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pedester	pedestris	pedestre		pedestrēs		pedestria
genitive	pedestris				pedestrium
dative	pedestrī				pedestribus
accusative	pedestrem		pedestre		pedestrēs		pedestria
ablative	pedestrī				pedestribus
vocative	pedester	pedestris	pedestre		pedestrēs		pedestria

Descendants

• English: pedestrian
• French: pédestre, piètre
• Italian: pedestre

• Portuguese: pedestre
• Romanian: pedestru
• Spanish: pedestre

References

• pedester in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pedester in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pedester” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • travel by land, on foot: iter terrestre, pedestre