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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pĕdĭca</b>: ae, f. pes,<br /><b>I</b> a [[shackle]], [[fetter]], or [[chain]] for the feet, a springe, [[gin]], [[snare]] (cf.: [[compes]], [[vinculum]] [[tendicula]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 10; Liv. 21, 36: [[tunc]] gruibus pedicas et [[retia]] ponere cervis, Verg. G. 1, 307; Ov. M. 15, 473; Vulg. Jer. 5, 26: [[quid]], si [[pedes]] pedicis coartentur? App. Flor. p. 357, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of the [[spider]]'s [[web]], Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[shackle]], [[fetter]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): amoris, App. M. 2, p. 116, 40: nuptiales, id. ib. 6, p. 182, 41.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pĕdĭca</b>,¹⁵ æ, f. ([[pes]]),<br /><b>1</b> [[lien]] aux pieds : Pl. Pœn. 514 ; Liv. 21, 36, 8<br /><b>2</b> lacets, lacs, piège : Virg. G. 1, 307 &#124;&#124; [fig.] liens, [[fers]], chaînes, pièges : Apul. M. 2, 5.||[fig.] liens, [[fers]], chaînes, pièges : Apul. M. 2, 5.
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{{Georges
|georg=pedica, ae, f. ([[pes]]), I) die ([[Fuß]]-) [[Schlinge]], der Sprenkel, die Dohne, ([[Fuß]]-) [[Fessel]], [[für]] Tiere, Verg. u. Liv., u. Menschen, Plaut. – II) bildl., die [[Schlinge]], [[Fessel]], amoris, Apul.: fraudium, Apul.
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