subedo

Latin

Etymology

From sub- (under) +‎ edō (eat).

Pronunciation

Verb

subedō (present infinitive subedere or subēsse, perfect active subēdī, supine subēsum or subēssum or subēstum); third conjugation, irregular alternative forms

  1. to eat from under, wear away
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.783–784:
      Dīxit et ē scopulō, quem rauca subēderat unda,
      dēcidit in pontum. []
      He said these and from the crag, which the hoarse wave was eating from below,
      fell into the sea. []

Conjugation

References

  • sŭb-ĕdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sŭbĕdō”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sub-edo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • D.P. Simpson (1966), Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, reprint edition, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., published 2002, →ISBN, page 214