abdo

See also: Abdo

English

Etymology

Clipping of abdomen or abdominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæbdəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

abdo (uncountable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Abdomen.

   CT chest abdo pelvis

Derived terms

• acute abdo

Adjective

abdo (not comparable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Abdominal.

   abdo pain

Anagrams

• Boda, Obad., boa'd, boad, doab

French

Etymology

Clipping of abdominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.do/

Noun

abdo m (plural abdos)

1. (informal, rare in the singular) ab (abdominal muscle)
2. (informal) crunch (abdominal exercise)

   faire des abdos

See also

• pec

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Latin -dō

Latin abdō

From ab- (“away”) + -dō (“put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈab.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈab.do]

Verb

abdō (present infinitive abdere, perfect active abdidī, supine abditum); third conjugation

1. to hide, conceal, keep secret, cover, suppress, sheathe

   Synonyms: abscondō, cēlō, contegō, dēfodiō, dissimulō, occultō, occulo, operiō, adoperiō, recondō, tegō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, vēlō, mergō

   Antonyms: patefaciō, adaperiō, aperiō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.13:

     […] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]

     […] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]

2. to remove, put away, set aside; banish

   Synonyms: ablēgō, dēpellō, eximō, expellō, exterminō, pellō, prōiciō, relēgō, submoveō, auferō, dētrahō, relēgō, āvertō

3. (often with se) to betake oneself, go away, go and hide

   Synonyms: abambulō, abeō, abscēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō

   Antonyms: accēdō, adeō, adventō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.12:

     Eos impeditos et inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit; reliqui sese fugae mandarunt atque in proximas silvas abdiderunt.

     Attacking them encumbered with baggage, and not expecting him, he cut to pieces a great part of them; the rest betook themselves to flight, and concealed themselves in the nearest woods.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abdō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abdō		abdis		abdit		abdimus		abditis		abdunt
	imperfect	abdēbam		abdēbās		abdēbat		abdēbāmus		abdēbātis		abdēbant
	future	abdam		abdēs		abdet		abdēmus		abdētis		abdent
	perfect	abdidī		abdidistī		abdidit		abdidimus		abdidistis		abdidērunt, abdidēre
	pluperfect	abdideram		abdiderās		abdiderat		abdiderāmus		abdiderātis		abdiderant
	future perfect	abdiderō		abdideris		abdiderit		abdiderimus		abdideritis		abdiderint
passive	present	abdor		abderis, abdere		abditur		abdimur		abdiminī		abduntur
	imperfect	abdēbar		abdēbāris, abdēbāre		abdēbātur		abdēbāmur		abdēbāminī		abdēbantur
	future	abdar		abdēris, abdēre		abdētur		abdēmur		abdēminī		abdentur
	perfect	abditus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abdam		abdās		abdat		abdāmus		abdātis		abdant
	imperfect	abderem		abderēs		abderet		abderēmus		abderētis		abderent
	perfect	abdiderim		abdiderīs		abdiderit		abdiderīmus		abdiderītis		abdiderint
	pluperfect	abdidissem		abdidissēs		abdidisset		abdidissēmus		abdidissētis		abdidissent
passive	present	abdar		abdāris, abdāre		abdātur		abdāmur		abdāminī		abdantur
	imperfect	abderer		abderēris, abderēre		abderētur		abderēmur		abderēminī		abderentur
	perfect	abditus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abde		—		—		abdite		—
	future	—		abditō		abditō		—		abditōte		abduntō
passive	present	—		abdere		—		—		abdiminī		—
	future	—		abditor		abditor		—		—		abduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abdere			abdī			abdēns			—
future		abditūrum esse			abditum īrī			abditūrus			abdendus, abdundus
perfect		abdidisse			abditum esse			—			abditus
future perfect		—			abditum fore			—			—
perfect potential		abditūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abdendī		abdendō		abdendum		abdendō		abditum		abditū

Derived terms

• abditē
• abditīvus
• abditum
• abditus

References

• “abdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “abdo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be quite engrossed in literary studies: se totum in litteras or se litteris abdere
    
  • to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam