- The
English word "foot" is a
translation of the
Latin term pes,
plural pedes,
which in turn is a
translation of the
Ancient Gr**** πούς, pl. πόδες. The...
- Look up
pede or
pédé in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pede is a surname, and may
refer to:
Hendrik van
Pede,
architect of
Oudenaarde Town Hall, Belgium...
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appears at
first sight to be
random and meaningless: "Peregrinus expectavi,
pedes meos in cymbalis" [A
pilgrim I waited, my feet in cymbals]
According to...
- on
settlers in
Arizona in the 1870s. His
Apache name was
Bidayajislnl or
Pedes-klinje. He was a
protege of Cochise, and he
surrendered with
Cochise in...
- do****ented. The
basic unit of
Roman linear measurement was the pes (plural:
pedes) or
Roman foot.
Investigation of its
relation to the
English foot goes back...
- 'O pere e 'o
musso (Neapolitan: [o ˈpɛːr(ə) e o ˈmussə]; lit. 'the foot and the muzzle') is a
typical Neapolitan dish. Its name
refers to its main ingredients:...
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Caesar heard of this from
deserters and captives, he dug a
trench twenty pedes (6 metres, 19
modern feet) with
perpendicular sides and
built all the other...
- Ex
pede Herculem, "from his foot, [we can measure] Hercules", is a
maxim of
proportionality inspired by an
experiment attributed to Pythagoras. According...
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rendering of "we
stand against evil"
would be "stamus
contra malum".
stante pede with a
standing foot "Immediately".
stare decisis to
stand by the decided...
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first appears as part of a
longer 15th-century prayer, "Ad
sanctitatis tuae
pedes,
dulcissima Virgo Maria." Memorare, from the
Latin "Remember," is frequently...
