peditastellus

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined by Plautus, from pedes (“foot soldier, infantryman”, oblique stem pedit) +‎ -aster +‎ -lus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛ.dɪ.tasˈtɛl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pe.di.tasˈtɛl.lus] === Noun === peditastellus m (genitive peditastellī); second declension (derogatory, hapax legomenon, military) a foot soldier, infantryman. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “pĕdĭtastellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pĕdĭtastellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. peditastellus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung