mordeo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Sanskrit मर्दति (márdati, “press, crush, destroy”), म्रदते (mradate, “pulverize”), Ancient Greek σμερδνός (smerdnós, “dreadful”), σμερδαλέος (smerdaléos), English smart.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmor.de.oː/, [ˈmɔrd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmor.de.o/, [ˈmɔrd̪eo]
Verb
mordeō (present infinitive mordēre, perfect active momordī, supine morsum); second conjugation
- I bite (into); nibble, gnaw
- I nip, sting
- I eat, consume, devour, erode
- I bite into, take hold of, press or cut into
- I hurt, pain, sting
- I squander, waste, dissipate
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References
- “mordeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mordeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mordeo 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 conscience-stricken: conscientia morderi (Tusc. 4. 20. 45)
- to be conscience-stricken: conscientia morderi (Tusc. 4. 20. 45)
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- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin verbs
- Latin second conjugation verbs
- Latin second conjugation verbs with irregular perfect
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook