dĕcem-pĕda

ae, f.

pes

I. a ten-foot measuring rod, Cic. Mil. 27, 74; id. Phil. 14, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 41, 126; * Hor. Od. 2, 15, 14 al.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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