praedo
Latin
Etymology
From praeda (“booty, loot, spoils”) + -ō (suffix forming masculine nouns); compare also praedor (“to loot, to rob, to plunder”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛː.d̪o]
Noun
praedō m (genitive praedōnis); third declension
- robber, thief
- Synonyms: latrō, vargus, latrunculus, fūr
- 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.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
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.