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.
foot Copy link Outline 1. pĕdester, tris, tre2. pĕdes, ĭtis, c. (only of persons) • foot, on foot (as adj.): 1. pĕdester, tris, tre: f. forces, p. copiae, Caes.: Cic.: a statue on f., p. statua, Cic. Phil. 9, 6, 13: a journey on f. (i. e. by land; opp. to by sea), p. iter, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, med. 2. pĕdes, ĭtis, c. (only of persons): v. foot (I., ad init.).
foot (v.) Copy link • foot (v.): i. e., to tread: Phr.: to f. the ground (in dancing), pulsare tellurem, Hor. Od. 1, 37, 2.
FOOT Copy link • FOOT 1. The limb, so called, PROPR. and IMPROPR., pes: calx (the heel). To come, travel, etc., on foot, pedibus ire, venire; iter facere: he goes on foot, pedibus incedit: to serve on foot, pedibus merere or stipendia facere; stipendia pedestria facere (Liv., 7, 13): to fight on foot (of cavalry), pedibus proeliari; also, descendere or desilire ex equis (to dismount in order to fight on foot): to make the cavalry fight on foot, equitatum or equitem deducere ad pedes: the cavalry fought on foot, pugna it ad pedes: to throw one’s self at anybody’s feet, ad pedes alicujus se abjicere, projicere, prosternere, provolvere; ad pedes alicui or ad genua alicujus procumbere; ad pedes alicujus procidere; ad pedes alicujus, ad genua alicui accidere; genibus alicujus advolvi; prosternere se et supplicare alicui (as supplicant): se alicui pro aliquo supplicem objicere; supplicare alicui pro aliquo: to lie at anybody’s feet, ad pedes alicujus jacere, stratum esse, stratum jacere: to have sore or bad feet, pedibus non valere; pedibus captum esse: one who has sore or bad feet, pedibus aeger; male pedatus (Suet., Oth., 12): not to be able to go on foot any longer, usum pedum amisisse: to set foot in any place, pedem ponere in locum or in loco: not to stir a foot beyond etc., nusquam longius vestigium movere: not to set a foot out of doors, pedem e domo non efferre; pedem e domo non egredi: to tread on anybody’s foot, pede suo pedem alicui premere: to tread or trample anybody under foot., pedibus aliquem conculcare, proculcare (PROP., and without pedibus; also IMPROP.; Vid: Lat. Dict.). To put the best foot foremost, pleno gradu tendere: gradum addere, accelerare, corripere: a journey on foot, iter pedestre: to take a journey on foot, iter pedibus ingredi; iter pedibus facere, conficere: one who walks on foot, pedes: a kick with the foot, *pedis ictus: the extremity of the foot, or the point or tip of the foot, pes ultimus; digiti (pedis) summi (the tips of the toes): the sole of the foot, vola: relating to the sole of the foot, plantaris: down to the sole of the foot, usque ad imos pedes. A covering for the feet, pedum tegmen (e.g., to have a certain covering for the feet, aliquo tegmine pedum indui, Tac., Ann., 1, 41, 1); fascia pedalis (a tie for the feet): a snare for the feet, pedica: disease of the foot, pedum vitium: he tramples under foot the rights of the people, omnia jura populi obterit: to trample under foot all divine and human rights, omnia divina humanaque jura permiscere: the usage or ceremony of kissing anybody’s foot, *mos pedis osculandi: to admit anybody to kiss one’s foot, alicui porrigere osculandum sinistrum pedem (after Sen., Benef., 2, 12, 1). The lowest part of anything, pes (e.g., of a table, a bench): the foot of a column, basis (the lower square part of which was called plinthis or plinthus): the foot of a mountain, radices montis (☞ not pes montis): at the foot of the mountain, in radicibus montis: in infimo monte; sub jugo montis: at the very foot of the mountain, in imis montis radicibus (e.g., ferri, of a river): the town is situated at the foot of the mountain, oppidum monti subjectum est. Cf.,” At the foot of anything,” e.g., of a letter, is to be rendered by “extremus,” if the very last part of anything is meant; e.g., the letter at the foot of which, etc., epistola, in qua extrema, etc. A foot as measure, pes (also with the addition of porrectus, if it runs in one line, and with the addition of contractus, if it forms an angle; Vid: Nitsch, Beschreibung des häuslichen, etc., Zustandes der Römer, vol. i, p. 525): one foot large, or in size, pedalis (in general, one foot long, high, etc., but it may also mean “a foot in diameter;” e.g., of the sun, Cic., Acad., pr. 2, 26, 82: ☞ pedaneus post-classical): pedem longus (one foot long): two feet large, bipedalis: half a foot large, semipedalis: one foot and a half large, sesquipedalis: five feet high, quinque pedes altus: ditches five feet deep, fossae quinos pedes altae: I don’t see a single foot of land in Italy, which, etc., pedem in Italia video nullum esse, qui, etc. Infantry, Vid: IMPROPR., To set (anything) on foot, aliquid introducere (to introduce); aliquid movere, commovere (e.g., to set on foot something new, nova quaedam commovere, Cic., Acad., 2, 6, 18); initium alicujus rei facere or pellere (to start anything, to make the beginning with it; e.g., sermonis initium pellere, Cic., Brut., 87, 297); mentionem alicujus rei movere (to cause the mention of anything to be made, or resolution respecting anything, to be adopted; Vid: Liv., 28, 11). 2. v. TRANS. and INTRANS. To kick, spurn, Vid: To new-sole boots, *calceis soleas suffigere. To walk on foot [Vid: FOOT]. To foot it, Vid: To DANCE.