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pedum

pedum, a shepherd’s crook, sheephook

pĕdum, i, n. [pes],
  • 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.

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