tabeo

See also: tâbeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-. Cognates include Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō), Sanskrit तोयम् (toyam), Old Armenian թանամ (tʻanam, I wet) and Old English þawian (English thaw).

Pronunciation

Verb

tābeō (present infinitive tābēre, perfect active tābuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to melt, melt down or away
  2. to waste or rot away

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • tabeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tabeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tabeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 603-604