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

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)
- → Arabic: بَرِيد‎ (barīd)

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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