praedor

Latin

Etymology

From praeda (plunder, booty, loot) +‎ (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

praedor (present infinitive praedārī, perfect active praedātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war
  2. to pillage, plunder, despoil
    Synonyms: dēpraedor, dīripiō, populor, expugnō, trahō, agō
  3. to ravage, rob, take
    Synonyms: āmoveō, rapiō, abdūcō, dīripiō, ēripiō, āvertō, tollō, adimō, corripiō, auferō, agō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: prad, mprad, prãdari
  • English: prede
  • Italian: predare
  • Portuguese: prear, predar
  • Romanian: prăda, prădare
  • Spanish: prear, predar

References

  • praedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praedor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.