subedo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From sub- (“under”) + edō (“eat”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.be.doː/, [ˈs̠ʊbɛd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.be.do/, [ˈsuːbed̪o]
Verb edit
subedō (present infinitive subedere, perfect active subēdī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- to eat from under, wear away
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.783–784:
- Dīxit et ē scopulō, quem rauca subēderat unda,
dēcidit in pontum. […]- He said these and from the crag, which the hoarse wave was eating from below,
fell into the sea. […]
- He said these and from the crag, which the hoarse wave was eating from below,
- Dīxit et ē scopulō, quem rauca subēderat unda,
Conjugation edit
References edit
- D.P. Simpson (1966) Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, reprint edition, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., published 2002, →ISBN, page 214