comedo

English

Etymology

From Latin comedō (“glutton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈmiːdəʊ/

Noun

comedo (plural comedones)

1. a blackhead

   1964: Lying on, in, under her, I pore with squinnying eyes on a mole on that browngold rivercolour riverripple skin with its smell of sun, or else a tiny unsqueezed comedo by the flat and splaying nose. — Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun

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Latin

Etymology

com- (“(intensifier)”) +‎ edō (“I eat”).

Verb

present active comedō, present infinitive comedere, perfect active comēdī, supine comēsum.

1. I eat or chew up
2. I consume or devour
3. I fret or chafe
4. I waste or squander

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comedō	comedis	comedit	comedimus	comeditis	comedunt
	future	comedam	comedēs	comedet	comedēmus	comedētis	comedent
	imperfect	comedēbam	comedēbās	comedēbat	comedēbāmus	comedēbātis	comedēbant
	perfect	comēdī	comēdistī	comēdit	comēdimus	comēdistis	comēdērunt
	future perfect	comēderō	comēderis	comēderit	comēderimus	comēderitis	comēderint
	pluperfect	comēderam	comēderās	comēderat	comēderāmus	comēderātis	comēderant
passive	present	comedor	comederis	comeditur	comedimur	comediminī	comeduntur
	future	comedar	comedēris	comedētur	comedēmur	comedēminī	comedentur
	imperfect	comedēbar	comedēbāris	comedēbātur	comedēbāmur	comedēbāminī	comedēbantur
	perfect	Use comēsus m., comēsa f., comēsum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use comēsus m., comēsa f., comēsum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use comēsus m., comēsa f., comēsum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comedam	comedās	comedat	comedāmus	comedātis	comedant
	imperfect	comederem	comederēs	comederet	comederēmus	comederētis	comederent
	perfect	comēderim	comēderīs	comēderit	comēderīmus	comēderītis	comēderint
	pluperfect	comēdissem	comēdissēs	comēdisset	comēdissēmus	comēdissētis	comēdissent
passive	present	comedar	comedāris	comedātur	comedāmur	comedāminī	comedantur
	imperfect	comederer	comederēris	comederētur	comederēmur	comederēminī	comederentur
	perfect	Use comēsus m., comēsa f., comēsum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use comēsus m., comēsa f., comēsum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	comede	comeditō	comeditō	comedere	comeditor	comeditor
	plural	comedite	comeditōte	comeduntō	comediminī	—	comeduntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		comedere	comēdisse	comēsūrus esse	comedī	comēsus esse	comēsum īrī
participles		comedēns (comedentis)	—	comēsūrus-ra, -rum	—	comēsus-a, -um	comedendus-nda, -ndum

Noun

comedō (genitive comedōnis); m, third declension

1. A glutton, gormandizer.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	comedō	comedōnēs
genitive	comedōnis	comedōnum
dative	comedōnī	comedōnibus
accusative	comedōnem	comedōnēs
ablative	comedōne	comedōnibus
vocative	comedō	comedōnēs