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1. 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.

2. Pĕdum, i, n.,

  1. I. a town of remote antiquity in Latium, near Rome, prob. the mod. Gallicano, Liv. 2, 39; 8, 12; 13.
    Hence,
  2. II. Pĕdānus, a, um, adj., of Pedum, Pedan: regio, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 2.
    Subst.: Pĕdānum, i, n. (sc. praedium), an estate near Pedum, Cic. Att. 9, 18, 3.
    Pĕdāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pedum, the Pedans, Liv. 8, 14.