pedisequi

PEDI´SEQUIa class of slaves, whose duty was to follow their master when he went out of his house, while the anteambulo preceded him. The pedisequi seem to have formed a special class of slaves, which was almost the lowest of all (Nep. Attic. 13; Plaut. Mil. Glor. 4.2, 18; Ter. Andr. 1.1, 96; Cic. ad Att. 2.1. 6). There was a similar class of female slaves, called pedisequae (Plaut. Asin. 1.3, 31). Several inscriptions bearing on this point are cited in Marquardt, Privatleben, p. 148; compare Becker-Göll, Gallus, 2.154.

Slaves whose duty it was to follow their master on foot. The slave who preceded him was called anteambulo. A similar class of female slaves had the name pedisequae ( Ad Att. ii. 16; Plaut. Asin. i. 3. 31).