praedo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.doː/, [ˈpräe̯d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.do/, [ˈprɛːd̪o]

Noun

praedō m (genitive praedōnis); third declension

1. robber, thief

   Synonyms: latrō, vargus, latrunculus

   • 8 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

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praedō	praedōnēs
genitive	praedōnis	praedōnum
dative	praedōnī	praedōnibus
accusative	praedōnem	praedōnēs
ablative	praedōne	praedōnibus
vocative	praedō	praedōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: predone

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of praedor

Conjugation

   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

• “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.