lodo

See also: LoDo and lờ đờ

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lodo, from Latin lutum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlodo/ [ˈlo.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Hyphenation: lo‧do

Noun

lodo m (plural lodos)

1. slime, mud, silt

   Synonym: lama

Derived terms

• Lodeiro
• Lodeiros
• Lodos
• Lodoselo
• Lodoso
• lodoso
• Portalodoso

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lodo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lodo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lodo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔdo
• Hyphenation: lò‧do

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin laudum, from Latin laudō.

Noun

lodo m (plural lodi)

1. (obsolete) praise

   Synonyms: (archaic) loda, lode

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 34–36; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed elli a me: « Questo misero modo
     tegnon l’anime triste di coloro
     che visser sanza ’nfamia e sanza lodo.

     And he to me: "This miserable way is held by the wretched souls of those who lived without infamy and without praise."

   • 15^th c., Leon Battista Alberti, I libri della famiglia‎^[1], collected in Opere volgari, page 160:

     giuoco pericoloso, di niuno utile, di molta spesa, atta ad acquistarsi più invidia che amistà, più biasimo che lodo

     A dangerous game, good for nothing, highly expensive, more fit to attract envy than friendship, more blame than praise

   • 1846, Claudio Dalmazzo, “Libro quinto”, in La prima deca di Tito Livio [Titus Livius' First Decade]‎^[2], translation of Ab Urbe Condita Libri by Livy, page 39:

     […] la qual cosa rende grande pregio e grande lodo a’ vincitori.

     […] which gives great merit and great praise to the winners.

2. (law) arbitrator’s award

   Synonyms: sentenza, arbitrato

Further reading

• lodo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lodare

Anagrams

• dolo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese lodo, from Latin lutum (“soil, dirt”).

Pronunciation 1

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.du/ [ˈlo.ðu]

• Rhymes: -odu
• Hyphenation: lo‧do

Noun

lodo m (plural lodos)

1. sludge, slime
2. mud
3. silt

Related terms

• lodaçal
• lodoso

Pronunciation 2

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.du/ [ˈlɔ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: lo‧do

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Noun

lodo m (plural lodos)

1. (botany) lotus

   Synonyms: lótus, loto, lódão

Related terms

• lotófago

Further reading

• “lodo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “lodo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “lodo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lodo, from Latin lutum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlodo/ [ˈlo.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: lo‧do

Noun

lodo m (plural lodos)

1. mud; muck; mire

   Synonyms: barro, fango, limo

Derived terms

• de aquellos polvos, estos lodos
• enlodar
• lodoso

Further reading

• “lodo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *looto.

Noun

lodo

1. shallow, shoal
2. sand bank, spit

Inflection

Inflection of lodo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	lodo
genitive sing.	lodon
partitive sing.	lodod
partitive plur.	lodoid
	singular	plural
nominative	lodo	lodod
accusative	lodon	lodod
genitive	lodon	lodoiden
partitive	lodod	lodoid
essive-instructive	lodon	lodoin
translative	lodoks	lodoikš
inessive	lodos	lodoiš
elative	lodospäi	lodoišpäi
illative	lodoho	lodoihe
adessive	lodol	lodoil
ablative	lodolpäi	lodoilpäi
allative	lodole	lodoile
abessive	lodota	lodoita
comitative	lodonke	lodoidenke
prolative	lododme	lodoidme
approximative I	lodonno	lodoidenno
approximative II	lodonnoks	lodoidennoks
egressive	lodonnopäi	lodoidennopäi
terminative I	lodohosai	lodoihesai
terminative II	lodolesai	lodoilesai
terminative III	lodossai	—
additive I	lodohopäi	lodoihepäi
additive II	lodolepäi	lodoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “коса, мель, отмель”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika