unedo
Latin
Etymology
Unknown. One only knows a folk etymology by Pliny that it comes from ūnum (“one”) + edō (“eat”) because only one fruit could be eaten at a time due to the foul taste—but the strawberry tree fruit is not commonly counted foul, albeit relatively bland.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ne.doː/, [ˈʊnɛd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ne.do/, [ˈuːned̪o]
Noun
unedō m (genitive unedōnis); third declension
- strawberry tree
- Synonym: arbutus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | unedō | unedōnēs |
| Genitive | unedōnis | unedōnum |
| Dative | unedōnī | unedōnibus |
| Accusative | unedōnem | unedōnēs |
| Ablative | unedōne | unedōnibus |
| Vocative | unedō | unedōnēs |
Derived terms
- *unedōna (“strawberry tree fruit”)
- ⇒ *udenōna (metathesis)
- French: olone
- ⇒ French: olonier (“strawberry tree”) (by 1900 died out everywhere but in Royan (Charente-Inférieure))
- French: olone
- ⇒ *udenōna (metathesis)
References
- “unedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- unedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette