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2. pĕdātus, ūs (collat. form of the abl. sing. pĕdāto, Cato; v. in the foll.), m. [1. pedo], an attack, a charge against an enemy (ante-class.): nisi pedatu tertio omnes afflixero, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 50; for which: igitur tertio pedato nobis bellum fecere, Cato ap. Non. 64, 20; cf.: tertio pedatu, τρίτῃ περιόδῳ, Gloss. Philox.; and: pedato positum pro repetitu vel accessu quasi per pedem, sicuti nunc vulgo dicitur tertio pedato, Non. 64, 16 sq.; Cato ap. Non. 64, 20; id. ap. Charis. p. 191.
1. pĕdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pes], to foot, i. e. to furnish with feet; hence,