admordeo
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /adˈmor.de.oː/, [äd̪ˈmɔrd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈmor.de.o/, [äd̪ˈmɔrd̪eo]
Verb edit
admordeō (present infinitive admordēre, perfect active admomordī, supine admorsum); second conjugation
- to bite or gnaw at or into
- to get possession of somebody's property, fleece
Conjugation edit
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Descendants edit
- Old French: amordre
- Middle French: amordre
- Old Galician-Portuguese: *almorço, *almorçar
- Old Spanish: almuerço, almorçar
References edit
- “admordeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- admordeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.