Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pedarian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pedar-i-an
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a group of men eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote. Other authors suggest they could not even speak, but would stand on the side of the Senate with which they agreed most.

Etymology

From Latin pedarius, from pedarius (“belonging to the foot”), from pes, pedis (“foot”). So called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favoured when a vote was taken.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pedarius

Inflected Forms

pedarians (plural)

Questions

What does pedarian mean?: One of a group of men eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote. Other authors suggest they could not even speak, but would stand on the side of the Senate with which they agreed most.
Where does pedarian come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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