adedo

Latin

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ edō (“eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.dɛ.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.d̪e.d̪o]

Verb

adedō (present infinitive adedere, perfect active adēdī, supine adēsum); third conjugation

1. to begin to eat, bite, nibble (at), gnaw

   Synonyms: edō, vēscor, vorō, pāscor, epulor, prandeō, cēnō, cōnsūmō

2. to consume entirely, eat up
3. (figuratively) to exhaust, wear down; scorch; erode; squander

   Synonyms: abūtor, terō, atterō, conterō, ēnecō, dēterō, exhauriō, accidō, peragō, effundō

Conjugation

Note that the perfect active indicative third person singular, adedit has the alternative form adēst

   Conjugation of adedō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adedō		adedis		adedit		adedimus		adeditis		adedunt
	imperfect	adedēbam		adedēbās		adedēbat		adedēbāmus		adedēbātis		adedēbant
	future	adedam		adedēs		adedet		adedēmus		adedētis		adedent
	perfect	adēdī		adēdistī		adēdit		adēdimus		adēdistis		adēdērunt, adēdēre
	pluperfect	adēderam		adēderās		adēderat		adēderāmus		adēderātis		adēderant
	future perfect	adēderō		adēderis		adēderit		adēderimus		adēderitis		adēderint
passive	present	adedor		adederis, adedere		adeditur		adedimur		adediminī		adeduntur
	imperfect	adedēbar		adedēbāris, adedēbāre		adedēbātur		adedēbāmur		adedēbāminī		adedēbantur
	future	adedar		adedēris, adedēre		adedētur		adedēmur		adedēminī		adedentur
	perfect	adēsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adēsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adēsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adedam		adedās		adedat		adedāmus		adedātis		adedant
	imperfect	adederem		adederēs		adederet		adederēmus		adederētis		adederent
	perfect	adēderim		adēderīs		adēderit		adēderīmus		adēderītis		adēderint
	pluperfect	adēdissem		adēdissēs		adēdisset		adēdissēmus		adēdissētis		adēdissent
passive	present	adedar		adedāris, adedāre		adedātur		adedāmur		adedāminī		adedantur
	imperfect	adederer		adederēris, adederēre		adederētur		adederēmur		adederēminī		adederentur
	perfect	adēsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adēsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		adede		—		—		adedite		—
	future	—		adeditō		adeditō		—		adeditōte		adeduntō
passive	present	—		adedere		—		—		adediminī		—
	future	—		adeditor		adeditor		—		—		adeduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		adedere			adedī			adedēns			—
future		adēsūrum esse			adēsum īrī			adēsūrus			adedendus, adedundus
perfect		adēdisse			adēsum esse			—			adēsus
future perfect		—			adēsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		adēsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		adedendī		adedendō		adedendum		adedendō		adēsum		adēsū

Related terms

• ambadedō
• ambedō
• comedō
• exedō
• obedō
• peredō
• subedō

References

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