fedus

Sabine

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *haidos. Cognate with Latin hedus and haedus.

Pronunciation

It is likely that the /-e-/ emerged from the monophthongization of the Proto-Italic diphthong /ae/.

Noun

fedus

  1. young goat

References

  • Varro, De Lingua Latina 97:
    Ηircus, quod Sabini fircus; quod illic fedus, in Latio rure hedus, qui in urbe ut in multis A addito haedus.
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  • Annie Cecilia Burman (24 March 2018) De Lingua Sabina: A Reappraisal of the Sabine Glosses‎[1], →DOI, pages 45-46
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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