mordeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *merə- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmor.de.oː/

Verb

present active mordeō, present infinitive mordēre, perfect active momordī, supine morsum.

1. I bite (into); nibble, gnaw.
2. I nip, sting.
3. I eat, consume, devour, erode.
4. I bite into, take hold of, press or cut into.
5. I hurt, pain, sting.
6. I squander, waste, dissipate.

Inflection

• The third principal part, momordī, also appears as memordī.

Second Conjugation Reduplicative

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mordeō	mordēs	mordet	mordēmus	mordētis	mordent
	future	mordēbō	mordēbis	mordēbit	mordēbimus	mordēbitis	mordēbunt
	imperfect	mordēbam	mordēbās	mordēbat	mordēbāmus	mordēbātis	mordēbant
	perfect	momordī	momordistī	momordit	momordimus	momordistis	momordērunt
	future perfect	momorderō	momorderis	momorderit	momorderimus	momorderitis	momorderint
	pluperfect	momorderam	momorderās	momorderat	momorderāmus	momorderātis	momorderant
passive	present	mordeor	mordēris	mordētur	mordēmur	mordēminī	mordentur
	future	mordēbor	mordēberis	mordēbitur	mordēbimur	mordēbiminī	mordēbuntur
	imperfect	mordēbar	mordēbāris	mordēbātur	mordēbāmur	mordēbāminī	mordēbantur
	perfect	Use morsus m, morsa f, morsum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use morsus m, morsa f, morsum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use morsus m, morsa f, morsum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mordeam	mordeās	mordeat	mordeāmus	mordeātis	mordeant
	imperfect	mordērem	mordērēs	mordēret	mordērēmus	mordērētis	mordērent
	perfect	momorderim	momorderīs	momorderit	momorderīmus	momorderītis	momorderint
	pluperfect	momordissem	momordissēs	momordisset	momordissēmus	momordissētis	momordissent
passive	present	mordear	mordeāris	mordeātur	mordeāmur	mordeāminī	mordeantur
	imperfect	mordērer	mordērēris	mordērētur	mordērēmur	mordērēminī	mordērentur
	perfect	Use morsus m, morsa f, morsum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use morsus m, morsa f, morsum 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	mordē	mordētō	mordētō	mordēre	mordētor	mordētor
	plural	mordēte	mordētōte	mordentō	mordēminī	—	mordentor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mordēre	momordisse	morsūrus esse	mordērī	morsus esse	morsum īrī
participles		mordēns (mordentis)	—	morsūrus-ra, -rum	—	morsus-a, -um	mordendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

admordeō / ammordeō commordeō dēmordeō immordeō

mordāx mordex mordicus mordōsus

morsicō morsum morsus

obmordeō praemordeō remordeō

Descendants

French: mordre Friulian: muardi Italian: mordere

Portuguese: morder Romansch: morder Spanish: morder

References

• mordeo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879