praedo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *gʰodéh

Proto-Italic *hodā

Proto-Italic *praiɣodā

Latin praeda

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Latin praedō

From praeda (“booty, loot, spoils”) + -ō (suffix forming masculine nouns).; compare also praedor (“to loot, to rob, to plunder”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

praedō m (genitive praedōnis); third declension

1. robber, thief

   Synonyms: latrō, vargus, latrunculus, fūr

   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.591–592:

     ‘at neque Persephonē digna est praedōne marītō,
     nec gener hoc nōbīs mōre parandus erat.’

     ‘‘And neither does Persephone deserve a thief for her husband,
     nor was this the way we would have arranged for a son-in-law.’’
     (Demeter/Ceres (mythology) speaks to Jupiter (mythology) about their abducted daughter Persephone/Proserpina.)

2. pirate

   Synonym: pīrāta

3. criminal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praedō	praedōnēs
genitive	praedōnis	praedōnum
dative	praedōnī	praedōnibus
accusative	praedōnem	praedōnēs
ablative	praedōne	praedōnibus
vocative	praedō	praedōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: predone

Verb

praedō (present infinitive praedāre, perfect active praedāvī, supine praedātum); first conjugation

1. alternative form of praedor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praedō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praedō		praedās		praedat		praedāmus		praedātis		praedant
	imperfect	praedābam		praedābās		praedābat		praedābāmus		praedābātis		praedābant
	future	praedābō		praedābis		praedābit		praedābimus		praedābitis		praedābunt
	perfect	praedāvī		praedāvistī		praedāvit		praedāvimus		praedāvistis		praedāvērunt, praedāvēre
	pluperfect	praedāveram		praedāverās		praedāverat		praedāverāmus		praedāverātis		praedāverant
	future perfect	praedāverō		praedāveris		praedāverit		praedāverimus		praedāveritis		praedāverint
passive	present	praedor		praedāris, praedāre		praedātur		praedāmur		praedāminī		praedantur
	imperfect	praedābar		praedābāris, praedābāre		praedābātur		praedābāmur		praedābāminī		praedābantur
	future	praedābor		praedāberis, praedābere		praedābitur		praedābimur		praedābiminī		praedābuntur
	perfect	praedātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praedātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praedātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praedem		praedēs		praedet		praedēmus		praedētis		praedent
	imperfect	praedārem		praedārēs		praedāret		praedārēmus		praedārētis		praedārent
	perfect	praedāverim		praedāverīs		praedāverit		praedāverīmus		praedāverītis		praedāverint
	pluperfect	praedāvissem		praedāvissēs		praedāvisset		praedāvissēmus		praedāvissētis		praedāvissent
passive	present	praeder		praedēris, praedēre		praedētur		praedēmur		praedēminī		praedentur
	imperfect	praedārer		praedārēris, praedārēre		praedārētur		praedārēmur		praedārēminī		praedārentur
	perfect	praedātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praedātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praedā		—		—		praedāte		—
	future	—		praedātō		praedātō		—		praedātōte		praedantō
passive	present	—		praedāre		—		—		praedāminī		—
	future	—		praedātor		praedātor		—		—		praedantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praedāre			praedārī			praedāns			—
future		praedātūrum esse			praedātum īrī			praedātūrus			praedandus
perfect		praedāvisse			praedātum esse			—			praedātus
future perfect		—			praedātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		praedātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praedandī		praedandō		praedandum		praedandō		praedātum		praedātū

References

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