praedo

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

praedō m (genitive praedōnis); third declension

  1. robber, thief
    Synonyms: latrō, vargus, latrunculus
  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

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.