ambedo

Latin

Etymology

From ambi- +‎ edō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.be.doː/, [ˈämbɛd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.be.do/, [ˈämbed̪o]

Verb

ambedō (present infinitive ambedere, perfect active ambēdī, supine ambēsum); third conjugation

1. I eat or gnaw around; erode.
2. (transferred) I waste; consume.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ambedō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ambedō	ambedis	ambedit	ambedimus	ambeditis	ambedunt
	imperfect	ambedēbam	ambedēbās	ambedēbat	ambedēbāmus	ambedēbātis	ambedēbant
	future	ambedam	ambedēs	ambedet	ambedēmus	ambedētis	ambedent
	perfect	ambēdī	ambēdistī	ambēdit	ambēdimus	ambēdistis	ambēdērunt, ambēdēre
	pluperfect	ambēderam	ambēderās	ambēderat	ambēderāmus	ambēderātis	ambēderant
	future perfect	ambēderō	ambēderis	ambēderit	ambēderimus	ambēderitis	ambēderint
passive	present	ambedor	ambederis, ambedere	ambeditur	ambedimur	ambediminī	ambeduntur
	imperfect	ambedēbar	ambedēbāris, ambedēbāre	ambedēbātur	ambedēbāmur	ambedēbāminī	ambedēbantur
	future	ambedar	ambedēris, ambedēre	ambedētur	ambedēmur	ambedēminī	ambedentur
	perfect	ambēsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ambēsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ambēsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ambedam	ambedās	ambedat	ambedāmus	ambedātis	ambedant
	imperfect	ambederem	ambederēs	ambederet	ambederēmus	ambederētis	ambederent
	perfect	ambēderim	ambēderīs	ambēderit	ambēderīmus	ambēderītis	ambēderint
	pluperfect	ambēdissem	ambēdissēs	ambēdisset	ambēdissēmus	ambēdissētis	ambēdissent
passive	present	ambedar	ambedāris, ambedāre	ambedātur	ambedāmur	ambedāminī	ambedantur
	imperfect	ambederer	ambederēris, ambederēre	ambederētur	ambederēmur	ambederēminī	ambederentur
	perfect	ambēsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ambēsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ambede	—	—	ambedite	—
	future	—	ambeditō	ambeditō	—	ambeditōte	ambeduntō
passive	present	—	ambedere	—	—	ambediminī	—
	future	—	ambeditor	ambeditor	—	—	ambeduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ambedere	ambēdisse	ambēsūrum esse	ambedī	ambēsum esse	ambēsum īrī
participles		ambedēns	—	ambēsūrus	—	ambēsus	ambedendus, ambedundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ambedendī	ambedendō	ambedendum	ambedendō	ambēsum	ambēsū

Derived terms

• ambestrīx
• ambēsus

 

References

• “ambedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ambedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ambedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.