emendate
English
Etymology
From the Latin ēmendātus (“corrected”), the perfect passive participle of ēmendō (“I free from faults, correct”).
Pronunciation
- (adjective): enPR: ēʹmĕndət, IPA(key): /ˈiːmɛndət/
- (verb): enPR: ēʹmĕndāt, IPA(key): /ˈiːmɛndeɪt/
Adjective
emendate (not comparable)
Verb
emendate (third-person singular simple present emendates, present participle emendating, simple past and past participle emendated)
References
- “† Emendate, a.” listed on page 118 of volume III (D–E), § ii (E) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [first edition, 1897]
- “†emendate, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [second edition, 1989]
- “Emendate, v.” listed on page 118 of volume III (D–E), § ii (E) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [first edition, 1897]
- “emendate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [second edition, 1989]
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
emendate
- inflection of emendare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
emendate f pl
- feminine plural of emendato
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.mɛnˈdaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.menˈdaː.te]
Verb
ēmendāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ēmendō
Participle
ēmendāte
- vocative masculine singular of ēmendātus
Etymology 2
From ēmendātus (“correct”), from ēmendō + -ē (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.mɛnˈdaː.teː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.menˈdaː.te]
Adverb
ēmendātē (comparative ēmendātius, superlative ēmendātissimē)
- faultlessly, correctly, perfectly, purely
- Synonym: pūrē
- ēmendātē loquī ― to speak correctly
References
- “emendate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “emendate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to write correctly, in faultless style: emendate scribere
- to write correctly, in faultless style: emendate scribere
Spanish
Verb
emendate