veredus

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸorēdos (“horse”) (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eˈreː.dus/, [u̯ɛˈreːd̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈre.dus/, [veˈrɛːd̪us]

Noun

verēdus m (genitive verēdī); second declension

  1. A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative verēdus verēdī
Genitive verēdī verēdōrum
Dative verēdō verēdīs
Accusative verēdum verēdōs
Ablative verēdō verēdīs
Vocative verēde verēdī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Spanish: vereda
  • Portuguese: vereda
  • → Byzantine Greek: βέρεδος (béredos), βέρηδος (bérēdos), βέραιδος (béraidos), βέρηδον (bérēdon), βέρεδον (béredon), βέραιδον (béraidon), βέριδον (béridon), βήριδον (bḗridon)

References
  • “veredus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • veredus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “veredus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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