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praedor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From praeda (plunder, booty, loot) +‎ (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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praedor (present infinitive praedārī, perfect active praedātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war
  2. to pillage, plunder, despoil
    Synonyms: dēpraedor, dīripiō, populor, expugnō, trahō, agō
  3. to ravage, rob, take
    Synonyms: āmoveō, rapiō, abdūcō, dīripiō, ēripiō, āvertō, tollō, adimō, corripiō, auferō, agō

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • praedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praedor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praedor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.