veredus

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸorēdos (“horse”) (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈreː.dus/, [u̯ɛˈreːd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈre.dus/, [veˈrɛːd̪us]

Noun

verēdus m (genitive verēdī); second declension

1. A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	verēdus	verēdī
Genitive	verēdī	verēdōrum
Dative	verēdō	verēdīs
Accusative	verēdum	verēdōs
Ablative	verēdō	verēdīs
Vocative	verēde	verēdī

Derived terms

• paraverēdus
• verēdārius

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: βέρεδος (béredos), βέρηδος (bérēdos), βέραιδος (béraidos), βέρεδον (béredon)
  • → Arabic: بَرِيد (barīd)

References

• “veredus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• veredus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “veredus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers