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Etymology

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From prō + (to give).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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prōdō (present infinitive prōdere, perfect active prōdidī, supine prōditum); third conjugation

  1. to exhibit, reveal, make known
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, expōnō, acclārō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
  2. 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.
  3. 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.)
  4. to put forth in writing; publish, relate, report, record
  5. to proclaim, announce, publish, make known
    Synonyms: denuntio, adnuntio, nuntio, indico, refero, renūntiō, profiteor, nū̆ncupō, ēdīcō, praedicō, dēferō, cōntiōnor
  6. to appoint, elect, create
    Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō
  7. to give up, surrender, abandon
    Synonyms: dedō, remittō, omittō, deserō, deficiō, relinquō, destituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, dēspondeō
  8. 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, [...].”
      [Dido tells Anna:] “No more do I plead for our old marriage, which he betrayed, [...].”
  9. to permit to go farther, protract, project; put off, defer; prolong; hand down; bequeath
  10. to narrate
    Synonyms: referō, ferō, pandō, trādō, dicitur

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of prōdō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōdō prōdis prōdit prōdimus prōditis prōdunt
imperfect prōdēbam prōdēbās prōdēbat prōdēbāmus prōdēbātis prōdēbant
future prōdam prōdēs prōdet prōdēmus prōdētis prōdent
perfect prōdidī prōdidistī prōdidit prōdidimus prōdidistis prōdidērunt,
prōdidēre
pluperfect prōdideram prōdiderās prōdiderat prōdiderāmus prōdiderātis prōdiderant
future perfect prōdiderō prōdideris prōdiderit prōdiderimus prōdideritis prōdiderint
passive present prōdor prōderis,
prōdere
prōditur prōdimur prōdiminī prōduntur
imperfect prōdēbar prōdēbāris,
prōdēbāre
prōdēbātur prōdēbāmur prōdēbāminī prōdēbantur
future prōdar prōdēris,
prōdēre
prōdētur prōdēmur prōdēminī prōdentur
perfect prōditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect prōditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect prōditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōdam prōdās prōdat prōdāmus prōdātis prōdant
imperfect prōderem prōderēs prōderet prōderēmus prōderētis prōderent
perfect prōdiderim prōdiderīs prōdiderit prōdiderīmus prōdiderītis prōdiderint
pluperfect prōdidissem prōdidissēs prōdidisset prōdidissēmus prōdidissētis prōdidissent
passive present prōdar prōdāris,
prōdāre
prōdātur prōdāmur prōdāminī prōdantur
imperfect prōderer prōderēris,
prōderēre
prōderētur prōderēmur prōderēminī prōderentur
perfect prōditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect prōditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōde prōdite
future prōditō prōditō prōditōte prōduntō
passive present prōdere prōdiminī
future prōditor prōditor prōduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives prōdere prōdidisse prōditūrum esse prōdī prōditum esse prōditum īrī
participles prōdēns prōditūrus prōditus prōdendus,
prōdundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
prōdendī prōdendō prōdendum prōdendō prōditum prōditū

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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[1], 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

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Etymology

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From English proud.

Noun

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prodo

  1. decoration, ostentation

Verb

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prodo

  1. to dress up, especially in fashionable or ostentatious clothing