prodo

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *proðō. By surface analysis, prō +‎ -dō (to put).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    prōdō (present infinitive prōdere, perfect active prōdidī, supine prōditum); third conjugation

    1. to exhibit, reveal, make known
      Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, expōnō, acclārō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
    2. to give, put, bring forth, come forth
      • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.157–158:
        tum blandī solēs, ignōtaque prōdit hirundō
        et lūteum celsa sub trabe fīgit opus
        Then is the sunshine refreshing; and the stranger swallow comes forth, and builds her fabric of clay beneath the lofty rafter.
        1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 13.
    3. to generate, produce, propagate, bear, beget
      Synonyms: ēdō, efficiō, ēmittō, enitor, conitor, creō, pariō, prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō
      Antonym: necō
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.230–231:
        “[...] genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī / prōderet, ac tōtum sub lēgēs mitteret orbem.”
        “[...] he would beget a line with Teucer’s noble blood, one that will subject the whole world under its laws.”
        (Jupiter says that the future of imperial Rome will relate, through Aeneas, back to ancient Troy and King Teucer.)
    4. to put forth in writing; publish, relate, report, record
    5. to proclaim, announce, publish, make known
      Synonyms: denuntio, adnuntio, nuntio, indico, refero, renūntiō, profiteor, nuncupō, ēdīcō, praedicō, dēferō, cōntiōnor
    6. to appoint, elect, create
      Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō
    7. to give up, surrender, abandon
      Synonyms: dedō, remittō, omittō, deserō, deficiō, relinquō, destituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, dēspondeō
    8. to reveal, disclose; betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously
      Synonyms: trādō, indicō, prōtrahō, laedō
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.431:
        “Nōn iam coniugium antīquum, quod prōdidit, ōrō, [...].”
        [Dido tells Anna:] “No more do I plead for our old marriage, which he betrayed, [...].”
    9. to permit to go farther, protract, project; put off, defer; prolong; hand down; bequeath
    10. to narrate
      Synonyms: referō, ferō, pandō, trādō, expediō, dicitur

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    References

    • prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • prodo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
    • prodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
      • to set an example: exemplum edere, prodere
      • history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
      • to break one's word: fidem prodere

    Sranan Tongo

    Etymology

    From English proud.

    Noun

    prodo

    1. decoration, ostentation

    Verb

    prodo

    1. to dress up, especially in fashionable or ostentatious clothing