pedica

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕdĭca: ae, f. pes,
I a shackle, fetter, or chain for the feet, a springe, gin, snare (cf.: compes, vinculum tendicula).
I 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.—
   B Transf., of the spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—
II Trop., a shackle, fetter (post-class.): amoris, App. M. 2, p. 116, 40: nuptiales, id. ib. 6, p. 182, 41.