comedo

English

Illustration of different comedones

Alternative forms

• comedone

Etymology

From Latin comedō (“glutton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmədəʊ/, /kəˈmiːdəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England); /kəˈmiːdəʊ/:

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• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

comedo (plural comedones or comedos)

1. (medicine) A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.

   Coordinate terms: (blackhead) open comedo, (whitehead) closed comedo

   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:

     Lying on, in, under her, I pore with squinnying eyes on a mole on that browngold rivercolour riverripple skin with its smell of sun, or else a tiny unsqueezed comedo by the flat and splaying nose.

Derived terms

• closed comedo
• comedoadenocarcinoma
• comedocarcinoma
• comedo extraction
• comedogen
• comedogenic
• comedolytic
• comedonal
• comedonecrotic
• microcomedo
• open comedo
• solar comedo

Translations

A blackhead or whitehead

• Finnish: mustapää (fi)
• French: comédon (fr) m
• German: Komedo (de) m, Mitesser (de) m
• Spanish: comedón (es) m
• Turkish: komedon
• Ukrainian: вуго́р m (vuhór)

Further reading

• comedo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coomed

Italian

Alternative forms

• commedo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōmoedus, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδός (kōmōidós, “chorus singer; comic poet”), from κωμῳδία (kōmōidía, “comedy, play”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: co‧mè‧do

Noun

comedo m (plural comedi) (literary)

1. a writer of comedies
2. an actor of comedies

Related terms

• commedia

See also

• tragedo

Further reading

• comedo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• comode

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.mɛ.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.me.d̪o]

Etymology 1

From con- +‎ edō (“I eat”).

Verb

comedō (present infinitive comedere or comēsse, perfect active comēdī, supine comēsum or comēstum); third conjugation, irregular alternative forms

1. to eat or chew up
2. to consume or devour
3. to fret or chafe
4. to waste or squander

Conjugation

   Conjugation of comedō (third conjugation, irregular alternative forms)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comedō		comedis, comēs		comedit, comēst		comedimus		comeditis, comēstis		comedunt
	imperfect	comedēbam		comedēbās		comedēbat		comedēbāmus		comedēbātis		comedēbant
	future	comedam		comedēs		comedet		comedēmus		comedētis		comedent
	perfect	comēdī		comēdistī		comēdit		comēdimus		comēdistis		comēdērunt, comēdēre
	pluperfect	comēderam		comēderās		comēderat		comēderāmus		comēderātis		comēderant
	future perfect	comēderō		comēderis		comēderit		comēderimus		comēderitis		comēderint
passive	present	comedor		comederis, comedere		comeditur, comēstur		comedimur		comediminī		comeduntur
	imperfect	comedēbar		comedēbāris, comedēbāre		comedēbātur		comedēbāmur		comedēbāminī		comedēbantur
	future	comedar		comedēris, comedēre		comedētur		comedēmur		comedēminī		comedentur
	perfect	comēsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comēsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comēsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comedam, comedim		comedās, comedīs		comedat, comedit		comedāmus, comedīmus		comedātis, comedītis		comedant, comedint
	imperfect	comederem, comēssem		comederēs, comēssēs		comederet, comēsset		comederēmus, comēssēmus		comederētis, comēssētis		comederent, comēssent
	perfect	comēderim		comēderīs		comēderit		comēderīmus		comēderītis		comēderint
	pluperfect	comēdissem		comēdissēs		comēdisset		comēdissēmus		comēdissētis		comēdissent
passive	present	comedar		comedāris, comedāre		comedātur		comedāmur		comedāminī		comedantur
	imperfect	comederer		comederēris, comederēre		comederētur		comederēmur		comederēminī		comederentur
	perfect	comēsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	comēsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		comede, comēs		—		—		comedite, comēste		—
	future	—		comeditō, comēstō		comeditō, comēstō		—		comeditōte, comēstōte		comeduntō
passive	present	—		comedere		—		—		comediminī		—
	future	—		comeditor		comeditor		—		—		comeduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		comedere, comēsse			comedī			comedēns			—
future		comēsūrum esse			comēsum īrī			comēsūrus			comedendus, comedundus
perfect		comēdisse			comēsum esse			—			comēsus, comēstus
future perfect		—			comēsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		comēsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		comedendī		comedendō		comedendum		comedendō		comēsum, comēstum		comēsū, comēstū

Derived terms

• comēsor
• comēstibilis
• comēstiō
• comēstor
• comēstūra
• comēsus

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *comēre (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From comedō +‎ -ō.

Noun

comedō m (genitive comedōnis); third declension

1. glutton, gormandizer

   Synonyms: cataphagās, comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, mandūcus, phagō, polyphagus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	comedō	comedōnēs
genitive	comedōnis	comedōnum
dative	comedōnī	comedōnibus
accusative	comedōnem	comedōnēs
ablative	comedōne	comedōnibus
vocative	comedō	comedōnēs

References

• “comedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.