admordeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• ammordeō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mordéyeti

Proto-Italic *mordejō

Proto-Italic *mordeō

Latin mordeō

Latin admordeō

From ad- + mordeō (“bite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [adˈmɔr.de.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [adˈmɔr.de.o]

Verb

admordeō (present infinitive admordēre, perfect active admomordī, supine admorsum); second conjugation

1. to bite or gnaw at or into
2. to get possession of somebody's property, fleece

Conjugation

• The third principal part, admomordī, also appears as admemordī or admordī.

   Conjugation of admordeō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	admordeō		admordēs		admordet		admordēmus		admordētis		admordent
	imperfect	admordēbam		admordēbās		admordēbat		admordēbāmus		admordēbātis		admordēbant
	future	admordēbō		admordēbis		admordēbit		admordēbimus		admordēbitis		admordēbunt
	perfect	admomordī		admomordistī		admomordit		admomordimus		admomordistis		admomordērunt, admomordēre
	pluperfect	admomorderam		admomorderās		admomorderat		admomorderāmus		admomorderātis		admomorderant
	future perfect	admomorderō		admomorderis		admomorderit		admomorderimus		admomorderitis		admomorderint
passive	present	admordeor		admordēris, admordēre		admordētur		admordēmur		admordēminī		admordentur
	imperfect	admordēbar		admordēbāris, admordēbāre		admordēbātur		admordēbāmur		admordēbāminī		admordēbantur
	future	admordēbor		admordēberis, admordēbere		admordēbitur		admordēbimur		admordēbiminī		admordēbuntur
	perfect	admorsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	admorsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	admorsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	admordeam		admordeās		admordeat		admordeāmus		admordeātis		admordeant
	imperfect	admordērem		admordērēs		admordēret		admordērēmus		admordērētis		admordērent
	perfect	admomorderim		admomorderīs		admomorderit		admomorderīmus		admomorderītis		admomorderint
	pluperfect	admomordissem		admomordissēs		admomordisset		admomordissēmus		admomordissētis		admomordissent
passive	present	admordear		admordeāris, admordeāre		admordeātur		admordeāmur		admordeāminī		admordeantur
	imperfect	admordērer		admordērēris, admordērēre		admordērētur		admordērēmur		admordērēminī		admordērentur
	perfect	admorsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	admorsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		admordē		—		—		admordēte		—
	future	—		admordētō		admordētō		—		admordētōte		admordentō
passive	present	—		admordēre		—		—		admordēminī		—
	future	—		admordētor		admordētor		—		—		admordentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		admordēre			admordērī			admordēns			—
future		admorsūrum esse			admorsum īrī			admorsūrus			admordendus
perfect		admomordisse			admorsum esse			—			admorsus
future perfect		—			admorsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		admorsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		admordendī		admordendō		admordendum		admordendō		admorsum		admorsū

Derived terms

• admorsus

Related terms

• commordeō
• dēmordeō
• immordeō
• mordeō
• obmordeō
• praemordeō
• remordeō

Descendants

• Old French: amordre
  • Middle French: amordre
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *admordium (see there for further descendants)

References

• “admordeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admordeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.