rodo

See also: rodó, rodò, rōdō, rodo-, and rōdo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɔ.ðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrɔ.ðo]

Verb

rodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rodar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin rota (“wheel”). Cognate with Spanish ruedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔðo̝/

Noun

rodo m (plural rodos)

1. (sewing) hem of a long skirt
2. lintel of the oven
3. bun (of hair)

Related terms

• Rodo

Verb

rodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rodar

Etymology 2

Trollo or rodo

From Latin rutrum (“shovel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroðo̝/

Noun

rodo m (plural rodos)

1. tool composed of a shaft and a semicircular blade, used by bakers to distribute and clean ashes and embers

   Synonyms: trollo, ranco

2. a similar tool, used to smooth or level the ground, or for moving grain

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rodo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rodo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rodo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔdo
• Hyphenation: rò‧do

Verb

rodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rodare

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.do/
• Rhymes: -odo
• Hyphenation: ró‧do

Verb

rodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rodere

Anagrams

• d'oro, doro, dorò, odor, ordo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *roh₁d- (see also rōstrum), contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.doː/, [ˈroːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.do/, [ˈrɔːd̪o]

Verb

rōdō (present infinitive rōdere, perfect active rōsī, supine rōsum); third conjugation

1. to gnaw, nibble, bite; eat or waste away, corrode, consume; erode
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.357:

     rōde, caper, vītem!

     [Go ahead], goat, gnaw the vine! [imperative]

2. (figuratively) to slander, disparage, backbite

Conjugation

Conjugation of rōdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rōdō	rōdis	rōdit	rōdimus	rōditis	rōdunt
	imperfect	rōdēbam	rōdēbās	rōdēbat	rōdēbāmus	rōdēbātis	rōdēbant
	future	rōdam	rōdēs	rōdet	rōdēmus	rōdētis	rōdent
	perfect	rōsī	rōsistī	rōsit	rōsimus	rōsistis	rōsērunt, rōsēre
	pluperfect	rōseram	rōserās	rōserat	rōserāmus	rōserātis	rōserant
	future perfect	rōserō	rōseris	rōserit	rōserimus	rōseritis	rōserint
passive	present	rōdor	rōderis, rōdere	rōditur	rōdimur	rōdiminī	rōduntur
	imperfect	rōdēbar	rōdēbāris, rōdēbāre	rōdēbātur	rōdēbāmur	rōdēbāminī	rōdēbantur
	future	rōdar	rōdēris, rōdēre	rōdētur	rōdēmur	rōdēminī	rōdentur
	perfect	rōsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rōsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rōsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rōdam	rōdās	rōdat	rōdāmus	rōdātis	rōdant
	imperfect	rōderem	rōderēs	rōderet	rōderēmus	rōderētis	rōderent
	perfect	rōserim	rōserīs	rōserit	rōserīmus	rōserītis	rōserint
	pluperfect	rōsissem	rōsissēs	rōsisset	rōsissēmus	rōsissētis	rōsissent
passive	present	rōdar	rōdāris, rōdāre	rōdātur	rōdāmur	rōdāminī	rōdantur
	imperfect	rōderer	rōderēris, rōderēre	rōderētur	rōderēmur	rōderēminī	rōderentur
	perfect	rōsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	rōsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rōde	—	—	rōdite	—
	future	—	rōditō	rōditō	—	rōditōte	rōduntō
passive	present	—	rōdere	—	—	rōdiminī	—
	future	—	rōditor	rōditor	—	—	rōduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rōdere	rōsisse	rōsūrum esse	rōdī	rōsum esse	rōsum īrī
participles		rōdēns	—	rōsūrus	—	rōsus	rōdendus, rōdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rōdendī	rōdendō	rōdendum	rōdendō	rōsum	rōsū

Derived terms

• abrōdō
• arrōdō
• circumrōdō
• corrōdō
• ērōdō
• praerōdō
• rōsiō
• rōstrum
• rōsus

 

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: arod, aroaderi
  • Megleno-Romanian: rod, rǫdiri
  • Romanian: roade, roadere
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rodere
  • Sicilian: rùdiri
    • (Calabrian) rùdere
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: roer (Old Genoese), rodise
  • Romansch: ruir, aruir, ruier, ruoiar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: roure
  • Old French: rore
    • Middle French: reure
  • Old Occitan: roire
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: roer, royer
  • Galician: roer
  • Portuguese: roer
  • Spanish: roer
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: rodere, arroere, roere
• Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
  • *rōdicāre
  • *rōsicāre
• Borrowings:
  • → French: roder

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rōdĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 442

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rutrum (“shovel”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.du/ [ˈho.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.du/ [ˈho.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.du/ [ˈχo.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.do/ [ˈho.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.du/ [ˈʁo.ðu]

Noun

rodo m (plural rodos)

1. squeegee
2. trip (the act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing)

   Synonyms: rasteira, bassula

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.du/ [ˈhɔ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.du/ [ˈhɔ.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.du/ [ˈχɔ.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.do/ [ˈhɔ.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.du/ [ˈʁɔ.ðu]

Verb

rodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rodar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rodo (Cyrillic spelling родо)

1. vocative singular of roda

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji ruda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾodo/
• Hyphenation: ro‧do

Noun

rodo m or f by sense (plural roduwa f)

1. sibling (brother or sister)

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82