praedo
Latin
Etymology
From praedor (“to loot, to rob, to plunder”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.doː/, [ˈpräe̯d̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.do/, [ˈprɛːd̪o]
Noun
praedō m (genitive praedōnis); third declension
- robber, thief
- Synonyms: latrō, vargus, latrunculus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.591-592:
- ‘at neque Persephonē digna est praedōne marītō,
nec gener hoc nōbīs mōre parandus erat.’- ‘‘And neither does Persephone deserve a thief for her husband,
nor was this the way we would have arranged for a son-in-law.’’
(Demeter/Ceres (mythology) speaks to Jupiter (mythology) about their abducted daughter Persephone/Proserpina.)
- ‘‘And neither does Persephone deserve a thief for her husband,
- ‘at neque Persephonē digna est praedōne marītō,
- pirate
- Synonym: pīrāta
- criminal
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | praedō | praedōnēs |
Genitive | praedōnis | praedōnum |
Dative | praedōnī | praedōnibus |
Accusative | praedōnem | praedōnēs |
Ablative | praedōne | praedōnibus |
Vocative | praedō | praedōnēs |
Descendants
- Italian: predone
Verb
praedō (present infinitive praedāre, perfect active praedāvī, supine praedātum); first conjugation
- Alternative form of praedor
Conjugation
Conjugation of praedō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | praedō | praedās | praedat | praedāmus | praedātis | praedant |
imperfect | praedābam | praedābās | praedābat | praedābāmus | praedābātis | praedābant | |
future | praedābō | praedābis | praedābit | praedābimus | praedābitis | praedābunt | |
perfect | praedāvī | praedāvistī | praedāvit | praedāvimus | praedāvistis | praedāvērunt, praedāvēre | |
pluperfect | praedāveram | praedāverās | praedāverat | praedāverāmus | praedāverātis | praedāverant | |
future perfect | praedāverō | praedāveris | praedāverit | praedāverimus | praedāveritis | praedāverint | |
passive | present | praedor | praedāris, praedāre | praedātur | praedāmur | praedāminī | praedantur |
imperfect | praedābar | praedābāris, praedābāre | praedābātur | praedābāmur | praedābāminī | praedābantur | |
future | praedābor | praedāberis, praedābere | praedābitur | praedābimur | praedābiminī | praedābuntur | |
perfect | praedātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | praedātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | praedātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | praedem | praedēs | praedet | praedēmus | praedētis | praedent |
imperfect | praedārem | praedārēs | praedāret | praedārēmus | praedārētis | praedārent | |
perfect | praedāverim | praedāverīs | praedāverit | praedāverīmus | praedāverītis | praedāverint | |
pluperfect | praedāvissem | praedāvissēs | praedāvisset | praedāvissēmus | praedāvissētis | praedāvissent | |
passive | present | praeder | praedēris, praedēre | praedētur | praedēmur | praedēminī | praedentur |
imperfect | praedārer | praedārēris, praedārēre | praedārētur | praedārēmur | praedārēminī | praedārentur | |
perfect | praedātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | praedātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | praedā | — | — | praedāte | — |
future | — | praedātō | praedātō | — | praedātōte | praedantō | |
passive | present | — | praedāre | — | — | praedāminī | — |
future | — | praedātor | praedātor | — | — | praedantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | praedāre | praedāvisse | praedātūrum esse | praedārī | praedātum esse | praedātum īrī | |
participles | praedāns | — | praedātūrus | — | praedātus | praedandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
praedandī | praedandō | praedandum | praedandō | praedātum | praedātū |
References
- “praedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette