Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mordeō

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

    From *mordejō, from Proto-Indo-European iterative *(s)mord-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (to bite, sting) (which de Vaan reconstructs as *h₂merd-).

    Verb

    *mordeō first-singular present indicative

    1. to bite

    Inflection

    Inflection of *mordeō (second conjugation causative)
    Present *mordeō
    Perfect *memordai
    Aorist
    Past participle *morssos
    Present indicative Active Passive
    1st sing. *mordeō *mordeōr
    2nd sing. *mordēs *mordēzo
    3rd sing. *mordēt *mordētor
    1st plur. *mordēmos *mordēmor
    2nd plur. *mordētes *mordēm(e?)n(ai?)
    3rd plur. *mordeont *mordeontor
    Present subjunctive Active Passive
    1st sing. *mordeām *mordeār
    2nd sing. *mordeās *mordeāzo
    3rd sing. *mordeād *mordeātor
    1st plur. *mordeāmos *mordeāmor
    2nd plur. *mordeātes *mordeām(e?)n(ai?)
    3rd plur. *mordeānd *mordeāntor
    Perfect indicative Active
    1st sing. *memordai
    2nd sing. *memordistai
    3rd sing. *memorde(d)
    1st plur. *memordomos
    2nd plur. *memordistes
    3rd plur. *memordēri
    Aorist indicative Active
    1st sing.
    2nd sing.
    3rd sing.
    1st plur.
    2nd plur.
    3rd plur.
    Present imperative Active Passive
    2nd sing. *mordē *mordēzo
    2nd plur. *mordēte
    Future imperative Active
    2nd + 3rd sing. *mordētōd
    Participles Present Past
    *mordēnts *morssos
    Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
    *morssum *mordēzi

    Descendants

    • Latin: mordeō (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mordeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389