pes

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See also: PES, PEs, pés, pès, pês, peš, p.es., pěś, and пес

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pēs (“foot”). Doublet of foot and pous.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes (plural pedes)

  1. the foot of a human
  2. the hoof of a quadruped
  3. clubfoot or talipes
  4. (music) a neume representing two notes ascending

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Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Catalan pes, from Latin pensum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes m (plural pesos)

  1. weight (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes f (singulative pesen)

  1. (Revived Late Cornish) peas

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Czech pes, from Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

pes (a Labrador)

Noun[edit]

pes m anim (feminine psice)

  1. (mammals) dog
  2. male dog
  3. scoundrel, bad person
Declension[edit]
Declension
singular plural
nominative pes psi, psové
genitive psa psů
dative psu, psovi psům
accusative psa psy
vocative pse psi, psové
locative psu, psovi psech
instrumental psem psy
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Further reading[edit]

  • pes in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pes in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

pes

  1. genitive plural of peso
Alternative forms[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • peš (alternative spelling)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin piscem.

Noun[edit]

pes m (plural pes)

  1. fish

Related terms[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch pest, from Middle French peste (whence French peste), ultimately from Latin pestis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛs]
  • Hyphenation: pès

Noun[edit]

pes or pès

  1. pest, plague.
    Synonym: sampar

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

pēs hūmānus (human foot)
pēs equī (foot of a horse)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *pets, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (compare Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (poús) and Old English fōt, English foot).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pēs m (genitive pedis); third declension

  1. a foot, in its senses as
    1. (anatomy) a human foot
      … ne manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra …
      … not the hands, not the feet, and not the other limbs …
    2. (zoology) any equivalent body part of an animal, including hooves, paws, etc.
    3. (units of measure) any of various units of length notionally based on the adult human foot, especially (historical) the Roman foot.
    4. (poetry) a metrical foot: the basic unit of metered poetry
    5. (geography) the base of a mountain
    6. (furniture) the bottom of a leg of a table, chair, stool, etc.
  2. (figuratively) a place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil
  3. (nautical) a rope attached to a sail in order to set
  4. (music) tempo, pace, time
  5. (botany) the pedicel or stalk of a fruit

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pēs pedēs
Genitive pedis pedum
Dative pedī pedibus
Accusative pedem pedēs
Ablative pede pedibus
Vocative pēs pedēs

Hyponyms[edit]

Meronyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Balkan Romance:
    • ⇒ Aromanian: pezã
    • Romanian: piez ⇒ piază
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: peu
    • Old Occitan: pe
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • Campidanese: pei
    • Logudorese: pe
    • Nuorese: pede
  • Derived forms:
  • Borrowings:

References[edit]

  • “pes”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • “pes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land): iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)
    • to go on foot: pedibus ire
    • to trample under foot: pedibus obterere, conculcare
    • to have the gout: ex pedibus laborare, pedibus aegrum esse
    • to vote for some one's motion: discedere (pedibus), ire in alicuius sententiam (Liv. 23. 10)
    • to serve in the cavalry, infantry: equo, pedibus merere (Liv. 27. 11)
    • (ambiguous) a hand-to-hand engagement ensued: tum pes cum pede collatus est (Liv. 28. 2)
    • (ambiguous) to fall at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius accidere
    • (ambiguous) to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
    • (ambiguous) to prostrate oneself before a person: ad pedes alicuius iacēre, stratum esse (stratum iacēre)
    • (ambiguous) to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
    • (ambiguous) to never set foot out of doors: domo pedem non efferre
    • (ambiguous) to cross the threshold: pedem limine efferre
    • (ambiguous) a hand-to-hand engagement ensued: tum pes cum pede collatus est (Liv. 28. 2)
    • (ambiguous) hand to hand: collato pede (Liv. 6. 12)
    • (ambiguous) to retire (without turning one's back on the enemy): pedem referre
  • “pes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “pes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lombard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Italian peso, from Latin pensum.

Noun[edit]

pes

  1. weight

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes

  1. Alternative form of pese

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Noun[edit]

pes m

  1. (mammals) dog

Declension[edit]

Declension (pattern had)
singular dual plural
nominative pes psy, psa psi, psové (psoví), psie (psí), psy
genitive psa, psu psú (psou) psóv (psuov, psů), pes
dative psu, psovi psoma, psama psóm (psuom, psům)
accusative pes, psa psy, psa psi, psové (psoví), psie (psí), psy
vocative pse psy, psa psi, psové (psoví), psie (psí), psy
locative psě (pse), psu, psovi psú (psou) psích, psiech, psech, psách
instrumental psem psoma, psama psy, psmi, psami

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pax.

Noun[edit]

pes f (oblique plural pes, nominative singular pes, nominative plural pes)

  1. Alternative form of pais (“peace”)

Romani[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (appa),[1] [script needed] (atta),[1] from Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātman).[1]

Pronoun[edit]

pes

  1. himself, herself (third-person singular reflexive pronoun)[1]

Descendants[edit]

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: pes

See also[edit]

Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man manqe manθe manθar mança miro, -i, -e
Second — tu tut tuqe tuθe tuθar tuça tiro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pes pesqe pesθe pesθar peça pesqero, -i, -e
Third Masculine ov les lesqe lesθe lesθar leça lesqero, -i, -e
Feminine oj la laqe laθe laθar laça laqero, -i, -e
Plural First — amen amenqe amenθe amenθar amença amaro, -i, -e
Second — tumen tumenqe tumenθe tumenθar tumença tumaro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pen penqe penθe penθar pença penqero, -i, -e
Third — on len lenqe lenθe lenθar lença lenqero, -i, -e

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “pe(s)”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 215a

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes m (Cyrillic spelling пес)

  1. (Kajkavian) dog

Synonyms[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes m (genitive singular psa, nominative plural psi, psy, genitive plural psov)

  1. dog

Declension[edit]

Declension of pes
singular plural
nominative pes psi, psy
genitive psa psov
dative psovi psom
accusative psa psov, psy
locative psovi psoch
instrumental psom psami

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • pes in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene[edit]

Velik bel pes - A large white dog

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pə̏s m anim (female equivalent psíca)

  1. dog
    Imamo tri pse. ― We have three dogs.
    Na sprehod grem s svojim psom. ― I'm going on a walk with my dog.
    Synonym: kȗža

Inflection[edit]

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. pes
gen. sing. psa
singular dual plural
nominative pes psa psi
accusative psa psa pse
genitive psa psov psov
dative psu psoma psom
locative psu psih psih
instrumental psom psoma psi

Further reading[edit]

  • “pes”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes f pl

  1. plural of pe

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English face.

Noun[edit]

pes

  1. (anatomy) face
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:
      Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”
      →New International Version translation
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Torres Strait Creole[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English face.

Noun[edit]

pes

  1. face

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pes

  1. (eastern dialect) a ripe coconut
Usage notes[edit]

Pes is the fifth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by kopespes and followed by u.

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