paedor

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:

• From Proto-Indo-European *pesd- and so cognate with English feist. This would make ae hypercorrect, with the inherited form being *pēdor.
• From a Proto-Indo-European root common with Ancient Greek σπίλος (spílos, “spot, fleck”) and Armenian փիծ (pʻic, “dirty, impure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯.dor/, [ˈpäe̯d̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dor/, [ˈpɛːd̪or]

Noun

paedor m (genitive paedōris); third declension

1. nastiness, filth, dirt
2. (by extension) stink, stench

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	paedor	paedōrēs
genitive	paedōris	paedōrum
dative	paedōrī	paedōribus
accusative	paedōrem	paedōrēs
ablative	paedōre	paedōribus
vocative	paedor	paedōrēs

Related terms

• paedidus

References

• “paedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paedor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.