unedo
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu.ne.doː/, [ˈʊnɛd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ne.do/, [ˈuːned̪o]
Noun
[edit]unedō m (genitive unedōnis); third declension
- strawberry tree
- Synonym: arbutus
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | unedō | unedōnēs |
| genitive | unedōnis | unedōnum |
| dative | unedōnī | unedōnibus |
| accusative | unedōnem | unedōnēs |
| ablative | unedōne | unedōnibus |
| vocative | unedō | unedōnēs |
Derived terms
[edit]- *unedōna (“strawberry tree fruit”)
- ⇒ *udenōna (metathesis)
- French: olone
- ⇒ French: olonier (“strawberry tree”) (by 1900 died out everywhere but in Royan (Charente-Inférieure))
- French: olone
- ⇒ *udenōna (metathesis)
References
[edit]- “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.