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Latin
Etymology
From prō + dō (“to give”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prōdō (present infinitive prōdere, perfect active prōdidī, supine prōditum); third conjugation
- to exhibit, reveal, make known
- Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, expōnō, acclārō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
- to give, put, bring forth, come forth
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 1.157–158:
- tum blandī solēs, ignōtaque prōdit hirundō
et lūteum celsa sub trabe fīgit opus- Then is the sunshine refreshing; and the stranger swallow comes forth, and builds her fabric of clay beneath the lofty rafter.
1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 13.
- to generate, produce, propagate, bear, beget
- Synonyms: ēdō, efficiō, ēmittō, enitor, conitor, creō, pariō, prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō
- Antonym: necō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.230–231:
- “ genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī / prōderet, ac tōtum sub lēgēs mitteret orbem.”
- “ he would beget a line with Teucer’s noble blood, one that will subject the whole world under its laws.”
(Jupiter says that the future of imperial Rome will relate, through Aeneas, back to ancient Troy and King Teucer.)
- to put forth in writing; publish, relate, report, record
- to proclaim, announce, publish, make known
- Synonyms: denuntio, adnuntio, nuntio, indico, refero, renūntiō, profiteor, nū̆ncupō, ēdīcō, praedicō, dēferō, cōntiōnor
- to appoint, elect, create
- Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō
- to give up, surrender, abandon
- Synonyms: dedō, remittō, omittō, deserō, deficiō, relinquō, destituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, dēspondeō
- to reveal, disclose; betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously
- Synonyms: trādō, indicō, prōtrahō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.431:
- “Nōn iam coniugium antīquum, quod prōdidit, ōrō, .”
- “No more do I plead for our old marriage, which he betrayed, .”
- to permit to go farther, protract, project; put off, defer; prolong; hand down; bequeath
- to narrate
- Synonyms: referō, ferō, pandō, trādō, dicitur
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prodo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- prodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
- to set an example: exemplum edere, prodere
- history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
- to break one's word: fidem prodere
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English proud.
Noun
prodo
- decoration, ostentation
Verb
prodo
- to dress up, especially in fashionable or ostentatious clothing