fetter (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. compes, pĕdis, m. (strictly, for the feet)2. pĕdĭca (only for the feet)3. vincŭlum (most gen. term) • fetter (subs.): 1. compes, pĕdis, m. (strictly, for the feet): they put the slaves in f.s, servis indunt (injiciunt, impingunt) compedes, Pl.: Ter. Often fig.: in the f.s of the body, in corporis compedibus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: Hebrus bound in snowy f.s, nivali c. vinctus Hebrus, Hor. 2. pĕdĭca (only for the feet): to confine the feet in f.s, pedes pedicis coarctare, Apul.: v. snare. 3. vincŭlum (most gen. term): v. chain, imprisonment.