pĕdĭsĕcus

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

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    Pedisequus, huius pedisequi, pen. corr. Columel. Cic. Un vallet suyvant son maistre.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pedisequus (altlat. pedisecus), a, um (*peda = griech. πεδά, 'μετά', u. sequor), nachfolgend, subst., pedisequus, ī, m. u. pedisequa, ae, f. (in Inschrn. abgek. PED. od. PEDIS. od. PEDISQ. od. PEDISEQ.), der Diener, die Dienerin, die der Herrschaft auf dem Fuße folgen, Plaut., Cic. u.a. – im Bilde, iuris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adiunxisti, Cic.: divitiae, quae virtutis pedisequae sint, Cornif. rhet. – übtr., clamore pedisequorum nostrorum, unseres Nachtrabs unter dem Pöbel, Cic. ad Att. 2, 16, 1: pedisequos tibi sum, ich folge dir auf dem Fuße, Plaut. mil. 1009: v. Abstr., cum indiscreta felicium pedisequa (Begleiter) sit superbia, Pacat. pan. 20, 3. – ⇒ Die Schreibung pedisequus auch in den besten Inschrn., zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 5540 (wo PEDISEQUS); vgl. Jahn spec. epigr. p. 57; dagegen entbehrt die Schreibung pedissequus jeder Begründung nach Klotz u. Spengel Ter. Andr. 123; doch Not. Tir. 45, 63 (pedissecus) u. Gloss. V, 232, 1.