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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mordeō
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmor.de.oː/
Verb
*mordeō[1]
- I bite
Inflection
| Inflection of *mordeō (second conjugation causative) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *mordeō | |
| Perfect | *memordai | |
| Past participle | *morssos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *mordeō | *mordeōr |
| 2nd sing. | *mordēs | *mordēzo |
| 3rd sing. | *mordēt | *mordētor |
| 1st plur. | *mordēmos | *mordēmor |
| 2nd plur. | *mordētes | *mordēm(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *mordeont | *mordeontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *mordeām | *mordeār |
| 2nd sing. | *mordeās | *mordeāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *mordeād | *mordeātor |
| 1st plur. | *mordeāmos | *mordeāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *mordeātes | *mordeām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *mordeānd | *mordeāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *memordai | |
| 2nd sing. | *memordistai | |
| 3rd sing. | *memorde(d) | |
| 1st plur. | *memordomos | |
| 2nd plur. | *memordistes | |
| 3rd plur. | *memordēri | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *mordē | *mordēzo |
| 2nd plur. | *mordēte | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *mordētōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *mordēnts | *morssos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *morssum | *mordēzi | |
Descendants
- Latin: mordeō (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN