hedus

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.d̪us]

hedus m (genitive hedī); second declension

1. alternative form of haedus
   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 97:

     Ηircus, quod Sabini fircus; quod illic fedus, in Latio rure hedus, qui in urbe ut in multis A addito haedus.

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Varro claims this form was more popular in rural areas while haedus was more common in the city.

Second-declension noun.

• "hedus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

hedus

1. alternative form of hidous (“terrifying”)