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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + edō (“eat”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adedō (present infinitive adedere, perfect active adēdī, supine adēsum); third conjugation
- to begin to eat, bite, nibble (at), gnaw
- Synonyms: edō, vēscor, vorō, pāscor, prandeō, cēnō, cōnsūmō
- to consume entirely, eat up
- (figuratively) to exhaust, wear down; scorch; erode; squander
- Synonyms: abūtor, terō, atterō, conterō, ēnecō, dēterō, exhauriō, accidō, peragō, effundō
Conjugation
Note that the perfect active indicative third person singular, adēdit has the alternative form adest
Related terms
References
- “adedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.