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Latin
Etymology
From praeda (“booty, loot, spoils”) + -ō (suffix forming masculine nouns); compare also praedor (“to loot, to rob, to plunder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
praedō m (genitive praedōnis); third declension
- robber, thief
- Synonyms: latrō, vargus, latrunculus
- pirate
- Synonym: pīrāta
- criminal
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Verb
praedō (present infinitive praedāre, perfect active praedāvī, supine praedātum); first conjugation
- 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.