pecus
Betekenis (Engels)
- (declension-3, neuter) A group of large domestic animals: a herd of cattle, horses, or donkeys; such animals in a collective sense: cattle and equines.
- (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) Any other group of animals, imagined as a herd or flock; such animals collectively: beasts.
- (declension-3, derogatory, neuter) A mindless group of people: "cattle", "sheep", rabble, the mob.
- (Late-Latin, declension-3, neuter) Any individual animal, conceived as a member or usual member of a flock or herd.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
[ˈpɛ.kʊs]
Etymologie (Engels)
From Proto-Italic *pekos, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱ-os (“livestock”). Related to pecū, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”). Cognates include Sanskrit पशु (páśu, “cattle”), Old Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece”), Old Saxon fehu, Old English feoh, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu), Old Norse fé, Swedish fä and Lithuanian pēkus (“cattle”). The origin of the suffixal -d- in pecus ~ pecudis is unknown.
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