foedero, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 2. foedus, to establish by treaty or league (in verb. finit., late Lat.): cum foederaretur concordia, Amm. 31, 4: pacem, id. 25, 7: amicitias, Hier. Ep. 5, 1; but class. in the part.: foederātus, a, um, leagued together, confederated, allied: si qui foederatis civitatibus ascripti essent, Cic. Arch. 4, 7: civitates, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 13: populus, id. de Or. 1, 40, 182; id. Balb. 8, 22; cf. absol.: ut omnium beneficiorum nostrorum expertes faciat foederatos, id. ib.: Mamertinorum foederatum atque pacatum solum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26.