peduculus

Latin

Alternative forms

peduclus (Late Latin)

Etymology

Mostly post-Classical. Variant of pēdīculus, itself a diminutive of pēdis.

Noun

peduculus m (genitive peduculi); second declension

louse

Related terms

pēduculōsus

Descendants

Aromanian: piduclju, piducljiu
Asturian: pioyu
Catalan: poll
Dalmatian: pedoclo
French: pou
Friulian: pedoli
Galician: piollo
Italian: pidocchio
Istro-Romanian: peducľu

Occitan: pedolh, pesolh
Portuguese: piolho
Provençal: pesolh
Romanian: păduche, păduchi
Sardinian: peogu, piogu, piduciu, piducru
Sicilian: pidocchiu
Spanish: piojo
Venetian: peocio

References

peduculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
peduculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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