adedo
Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + edō (“eat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.dɛ.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.d̪e.d̪o]
Verb
adedō (present infinitive adedere, perfect active adēdī, supine adēsum); third conjugation
- to begin to eat, bite, nibble (at), gnaw
- to consume entirely, eat up
- (figuratively) to exhaust, wear down; scorch; erode; squander
Conjugation
Note that the perfect active indicative third person singular, adedit has the alternative form adēst
Conjugation of adedō (third conjugation)
Related terms
References
- “adedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.