prodo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *proðō. By surface analysis, prō +‎ -dō (“to put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.do]

Verb

prōdō (present infinitive prōdere, perfect active prōdidī, supine prōditum); third conjugation

1. to exhibit, reveal, make known

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, expōnō, acclārō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

2. to give, put, bring forth, come forth
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.157–158:

     tum blandī sōlēs, ignōtaque prōdit hirundō
     et luteum celsā sub trabe fīgit opus

     Then is the sunshine refreshing; and the stranger swallow comes forth, and builds her fabric of clay beneath the lofty rafter.
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 13.

3. to generate, produce, propagate, bear, beget

   Synonyms: ēdō, efficiō, ēmittō, enitor, conitor, creō, pariō, prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō

   Antonym: necō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.230–231:

     “[...] genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī / prōderet, ac tōtum sub lēgēs mitteret orbem.”

     “[...] he would beget a line with Teucer’s noble blood, one that will subject the whole world under its laws.”
     (Jupiter says that the future of imperial Rome will relate, through Aeneas, back to ancient Troy and King Teucer.)

4. to put forth in writing; publish, relate, report, record
5. to proclaim, announce, publish, make known

   Synonyms: denuntio, adnuntio, nuntio, indico, refero, renūntiō, profiteor, nuncupō, ēdīcō, praedicō, dēferō, cōntiōnor

6. to appoint, elect, create

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō

7. to give up, surrender, abandon

   Synonyms: dedō, remittō, omittō, deserō, deficiō, relinquō, destituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, dēspondeō

   • Aenigmata 20:

     Tarda, gradū lentō, speciōsō praedita dorsō,
     tecta quidem, subitō sed saevō prōdita fātō;
     Vīva nihil dīxī, quae sīc modo mortua cantō.

     Tardy, with a slow step, and endowed with a beautiful back,
     Well protected, but abandoned to a cruel fate;
     Alive, I said nothing; now, dead, I sing thus.

8. to reveal, disclose; betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously

   Synonyms: trādō, indicō, prōtrahō, laedō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.431:

     “Nōn iam coniugium antīquum, quod prōdidit, ōrō, [...].”

     [Dido tells Anna:] “No more do I plead for our old marriage, which he betrayed, [...].”

9. to permit to go farther, protract, project; put off, defer; prolong; hand down; bequeath
10. to narrate

    Synonyms: referō, ferō, pandō, trādō, expediō, dicitur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōdō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōdō		prōdis		prōdit		prōdimus		prōditis		prōdunt
	imperfect	prōdēbam		prōdēbās		prōdēbat		prōdēbāmus		prōdēbātis		prōdēbant
	future	prōdam		prōdēs		prōdet		prōdēmus		prōdētis		prōdent
	perfect	prōdidī		prōdidistī		prōdidit		prōdidimus		prōdidistis		prōdidērunt, prōdidēre
	pluperfect	prōdideram		prōdiderās		prōdiderat		prōdiderāmus		prōdiderātis		prōdiderant
	future perfect	prōdiderō		prōdideris		prōdiderit		prōdiderimus		prōdideritis		prōdiderint
passive	present	prōdor		prōderis, prōdere		prōditur		prōdimur		prōdiminī		prōduntur
	imperfect	prōdēbar		prōdēbāris, prōdēbāre		prōdēbātur		prōdēbāmur		prōdēbāminī		prōdēbantur
	future	prōdar		prōdēris, prōdēre		prōdētur		prōdēmur		prōdēminī		prōdentur
	perfect	prōditus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōdam		prōdās		prōdat		prōdāmus		prōdātis		prōdant
	imperfect	prōderem		prōderēs		prōderet		prōderēmus		prōderētis		prōderent
	perfect	prōdiderim		prōdiderīs		prōdiderit		prōdiderīmus		prōdiderītis		prōdiderint
	pluperfect	prōdidissem		prōdidissēs		prōdidisset		prōdidissēmus		prōdidissētis		prōdidissent
passive	present	prōdar		prōdāris, prōdāre		prōdātur		prōdāmur		prōdāminī		prōdantur
	imperfect	prōderer		prōderēris, prōderēre		prōderētur		prōderēmur		prōderēminī		prōderentur
	perfect	prōditus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōde		—		—		prōdite		—
	future	—		prōditō		prōditō		—		prōditōte		prōduntō
passive	present	—		prōdere		—		—		prōdiminī		—
	future	—		prōditor		prōditor		—		—		prōduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōdere			prōdī			prōdēns			—
future		prōditūrum esse			prōditum īrī			prōditūrus			prōdendus, prōdundus
perfect		prōdidisse			prōditum esse			—			prōditus
future perfect		—			prōditum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōditūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōdendī		prōdendō		prōdendum		prōdendō		prōditum		prōditū

Derived terms

• prōditiō
• prōditor
• prōditrīx
• prōditus

References

• “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prodo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “prodo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • to set an example: exemplum edere, prodere
    
  • history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
    
  • to break one's word: fidem prodere
    

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English proud.

Noun

prodo

1. decoration, ostentation

Verb

prodo

1. to dress up, especially in fashionable or ostentatious clothing