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edo.

to eat

3 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈɛ.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈɛː.do]
  1. to eat

    conjugation-3
    Tunc, modo edere volēbat.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti Proto-Italic *edō Latin edō Inherited from Proto-Italic *edō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti. The long vowel in some of the forms is probably due to Lachmann's law. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Sanskrit अत्ति (átti), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (ēdmi, “I eat”), Old English etan (English eat), Lithuanian ėsti, Welsh ysu, and Russian есть (jestʹ).

verb[ˈeː.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈɛː.do]
  1. to give out, put or bring forth; eject, discharge

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  2. to produce, generate, form, yield

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  3. to bear, give birth to, beget

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  4. to put forth, publish, spread abroad, circulate

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    Cum tua nōn ēdās, carpis mea carmina, Laelī.
    […]cum ille asperrimam epistulam dē sē in vulgus ēdidisset.
  5. to set forth, relate, tell, disclose, deliver, announce, declare

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  6. to produce, perform, show, inflict, bring about, cause

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  7. to raise up, lift, elevate

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Where this word comes from

From ex- (“out of”) + dō (“to give”).

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