paedor

== Latin == === Etymology === Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include: From Proto-Indo-European *pesd- and so cognate with English feist. This would make ae hypercorrect, with the inherited form being *pēdor. From a Proto-Indo-European root common with Ancient Greek σπίλος (spílos, “spot, fleck”) and Armenian փիծ (pʻic, “dirty, impure”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpae̯.dɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.dor] === Noun === paedor m (genitive paedōris); third declension nastiness, filth, dirt (by extension) stink, stench ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== paedidus === References === “paedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “paedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “paedor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.