pedum
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕdum: i, n. id.,
I a shepherd's crook, a sheep-hook, Verg. E. 5, 88: pedum est baculum incurvum, quo pastores utuntur ad comprehendendas oves, aut capras a pedibus: cujus meminit etiam Vergilius in Bucolicis, Fest. p. 249 Müll.; cf. id. ib. p. 210 Müll.; cf. also: pedum virga incurvata, unde retinentur pecudum pedes, Serv Verg. l. l.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pĕdum,¹⁶ ī, n. (pes), houlette : Virg. B. 5, 88 ; Fest. 249 ; P. Fest. 248.
