unedo

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown. One only knows a folk etymology by Pliny that it comes from ūnum (“one”) + edō (“eat”) because only one fruit could be eaten at a time due to the foul taste—but the strawberry tree fruit is not commonly counted foul, albeit relatively bland.

Pronunciation

Noun

unedō m (genitive unedōnis); third declension

  1. strawberry tree
    Synonym: arbutus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative unedō unedōnēs
genitive unedōnis unedōnum
dative unedōnī unedōnibus
accusative unedōnem unedōnēs
ablative unedōne unedōnibus
vocative unedō unedōnēs

Derived terms

  • *unedōna (“strawberry tree fruit”)
    • ⇒ *udenōna (metathesis)

References

  • “unedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • unedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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