Latin edit

Etymology edit

From praeda (booty, loot, spoils) +‎ (suffix forming masculine nouns); compare also praedor (to loot, to rob, to plunder).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

praedō m (genitive praedōnis); third declension

  1. robber, thief
    Synonyms: latrō, vargus, latrunculus
    • 43 BCEc. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.591-592:
      ‘at neque Persephonē digna est praedōne marītō,
      nec gener hoc nōbīs mōre parandus erat.’
      ‘‘And neither does Persephone deserve a thief for her husband,
      nor was this the way we would have arranged for a son-in-law.’’

      (Demeter/Ceres (mythology) speaks to Jupiter (mythology) about their abducted daughter Persephone/Proserpina.)
  2. pirate
    Synonym: pīrāta
  3. criminal

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative praedō praedōnēs
Genitive praedōnis praedōnum
Dative praedōnī praedōnibus
Accusative praedōnem praedōnēs
Ablative praedōne praedōnibus
Vocative praedō praedōnēs

Descendants edit

  • Italian: predone

Verb edit

praedō (present infinitive praedāre, perfect active praedāvī, supine praedātum); first conjugation

  1. Alternative form of praedor

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of praedō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praedō praedās praedat praedāmus praedātis praedant
imperfect praedābam praedābās praedābat praedābāmus praedābātis praedābant
future praedābō praedābis praedābit praedābimus praedābitis praedābunt
perfect praedāvī praedāvistī praedāvit praedāvimus praedāvistis praedāvērunt,
praedāvēre
pluperfect praedāveram praedāverās praedāverat praedāverāmus praedāverātis praedāverant
future perfect praedāverō praedāveris praedāverit praedāverimus praedāveritis praedāverint
passive present praedor praedāris,
praedāre
praedātur praedāmur praedāminī praedantur
imperfect praedābar praedābāris,
praedābāre
praedābātur praedābāmur praedābāminī praedābantur
future praedābor praedāberis,
praedābere
praedābitur praedābimur praedābiminī praedābuntur
perfect praedātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praedātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praedātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praedem praedēs praedet praedēmus praedētis praedent
imperfect praedārem praedārēs praedāret praedārēmus praedārētis praedārent
perfect praedāverim praedāverīs praedāverit praedāverīmus praedāverītis praedāverint
pluperfect praedāvissem praedāvissēs praedāvisset praedāvissēmus praedāvissētis praedāvissent
passive present praeder praedēris,
praedēre
praedētur praedēmur praedēminī praedentur
imperfect praedārer praedārēris,
praedārēre
praedārētur praedārēmur praedārēminī praedārentur
perfect praedātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praedātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praedā praedāte
future praedātō praedātō praedātōte praedantō
passive present praedāre praedāminī
future praedātor praedātor praedantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praedāre praedāvisse praedātūrum esse praedārī praedātum esse praedātum īrī
participles praedāns praedātūrus praedātus praedandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praedandī praedandō praedandum praedandō praedātum praedātū

References edit

  • 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