unedo

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unknown. One only knows a folk etymology by Pliny that it comes from ūnum (“one”) + edō (“eat”) because only one fruit could be eaten at a time due to the foul taste—but the strawberry tree fruit is not commonly counted foul, albeit relatively bland.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ne.doː/, [ˈʊnɛd̪oː]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ne.do/, [ˈuːned̪o]

NounEdit

unedō m (genitive unedōnis); third declension

strawberry tree
Synonym: arbutus

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	unedō	unedōnēs
Genitive	unedōnis	unedōnum
Dative	unedōnī	unedōnibus
Accusative	unedōnem	unedōnēs
Ablative	unedōne	unedōnibus
Vocative	unedō	unedōnēs

Derived termsEdit

*unedōna (“strawberry tree fruit”)
- ⇒ *udenōna (metathesis)
  - French: olone
    - ⇒ French: olonier (“strawberry tree”) (by 1900 died out everywhere but in Royan (Charente-Inférieure))

ReferencesEdit

“unedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
unedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette