foot Copy link Outline I. Lit. of the bodyII. By anal., the foot of a stool, etc.III. As a measureIV. Fig. the lowest part of any thing1. expr. by adj., infĭmus or īmus (v. L. G. § 341)2. rādix, īcis, f.V. Milit. term • foot: I. Lit. of the body: pēs, pĕdis, m.: sandals fitted to the f.: calcei apti ad p., Cic.: to beat the earth with the f., i. e., to dance, pede terram pulsare, Hor. Od. 1, 37, 1: to be born f. foremost, in pedes nasci, Plin. 10, 53, 74: to commence a journey on f., ingredi iter pedibus, Cic. Sen. 10, 34 (also pĕdes, ĭtis, may be used in this sense: to walk on f., peditem incedere, Liv. 28, 9, ad fin.): to set f. on an estate, in fundo pedem ponere, Cic. Caec. 11, 31: fig., wisdom had not where to set her f., sapientia, ubi pedem poneret, non habebat, Cic. In milit. lang.: to leap to f., i. e., dismount, ad pedes desilire, Caes. B. G. 4, 12 (v. to dismount): to serve on f., i. e., as a f.-soldier, pedibus mereri, stipendia facere, Liv. 24, 18, med.: they had come to fighting on f., ad pedes pugna ierat, Liv. 21, 46, med.: to fling one's self at another's feet, se ad alicujus pedes projicere, Cic. Sext. 11, fin.; abjicere, Cic. Att. 4, 2, med.; ad pedes alicujus accidere, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 6; alicui ad pedes se jacere, Cic. Verr. 5, 49, 129. Fig., of subjection: shall we leave (those cities) beneath your feet, sub tuis p. relinquemus? Liv. 34, 32, med.: Virg. II. By anal., the foot of a stool, etc.: pes: of a table, mensae p., Ov. Met. 8, 661. III. As a measure: pes: to depart a single f. from any one, ab aliquo pedem discedere, Cic. Deiot. 15, 43: a trench 15 ft. wide, fossa quindecim pedes lata, Caes.: the iron was three ft. long, ferrum tres longum habebat p., Liv. 21, 8, fin.: eight ft. long, p. protentus in octo, Virg. G. 1, 171. Half a f., sēmĭpēs, pĕdis, m.: Cato: Vitr.: a f. and a half, sesquĭpēs, pĕdis, m.: Pl.: Varr. Adj. of a f. in dimension: pĕdālis, e: the sun looks to me about a f. in size, sol mihi quasi pedalis videtur, Cic. Acad. 2, 26, init.: half a f. long, sēmĭpĕdālis: Vitr.: Plin.: a f. and a half long, sesquĭpĕdālis: words a f. and a half long, verba sesq., Hor. A. P. 97: Caes.: two ft. long, bĭpĕdālis: Caes. Pes is also used of a metrical f.: pes qui adhibetur ad numeros, Cic. Or. 56, 188: feet are not to be measured by syllables, p. non sunt syllabis metiendi, Cic. IV. Fig. the lowest part of any thing: 1. expr. by adj., infĭmus or īmus (v. L. G. § 341): from the f. of the altar, ab infima ara, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: at the f. of the hill, sub inf. colle, Caes.: at the f. of an oak, ad imam quercum, Phaedr. In later authors the neut. is sometimes used as subs.: the f. of a mountain, ima montis, Plin.; and even in the best age, after a prep. and without a subs.: a hill gently sloping from the f., collis leniter ab infimo acclivis, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, init.: v. bottom. 2. rādix, īcis, f.: at the f. of mount Caucasus, in Caucasi radicibus., Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: from the f. of the Palatine, a radice Palatii, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101: in conjunction with infimus, ab inf. radicibus montis, Caes. B. C. 1, 41. Phr.: he encamped at the f. of the mountain, sub monte consedit, Caes.: he removed his house down to the f. of the Velia, aedes suas sub Veliam detulit, Cic. V. Milit. term: forces serving on f.: pĕdes (cf. L. G. § 590), pĕdĭtātus: v. infantry.