veredus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /weˈreː.dus/, [wɛˈreː.dʊs]

Noun

verēdus m (genitive verēdī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative verēdus verēdī
genitive verēdī verēdōrum
dative verēdō verēdīs
accusative verēdum verēdōs
ablative verēdō verēdīs
vocative verēde verēdī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Byzantine Greek: βέρεδος (béredos), βέρηδος (bérēdos), βέραιδος (béraidos), βέρεδον (béredon)

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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