LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

nūdō

nūdō (present infinitive nūdāre, perfect active nūdāvī, supine nūdātum)
Classical[ˈnuː.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnuː.do]

Meaning

  1. to strip, bare, nake, make naked
  2. to leave exposed, leave defenseless
  3. figurativelyto spoil, plunder
  4. figurativelyto deprive, bereave of

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.nūdōnūdābamnūdābōnūdāvīnūdāveramnūdāverō
nūdārō
2nd sg.nūdāsnūdābāsnūdābisnūdāvistī
nūdāstī
nūdāverās
nūdārās
nūdāveris
3rd sg.nūdatnūdābatnūdābitnūdāvitnūdāverat
nūdārat
nūdāverit
nūdārit
1st pl.nūdāmusnūdābāmusnūdābimusnūdāvimusnūdāverāmusnūdāverimus
nūdārimus
2nd pl.nūdātisnūdābātisnūdābitisnūdāvistis
nūdāstis
nūdāverātis
nūdārātis
nūdāveritis
nūdāritis
3rd pl.nūdantnūdābantnūdābuntnūdāvērunt
nūdāvēre, nūdārunt
nūdāverant
nūdārant
nūdāverint
nūdārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.nūdemnūdāremnūdāverim
nūdārim
nūdāvissem
nūdāssem
2nd sg.nūdēsnūdārēsnūdāverīsnūdāvissēs
nūdāssēs
3rd sg.nūdetnūdāretnūdāverit
nūdārit
nūdāvisset
nūdāsset
1st pl.nūdēmusnūdārēmusnūdāverīmus
nūdārīmus
nūdāvissēmus
nūdāssēmus
2nd pl.nūdētisnūdārētisnūdāverītis
nūdārītis
nūdāvissētis
nūdāssētis
3rd pl.nūdentnūdārentnūdāverint
nūdārint
nūdāvissent
nūdāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.nūdornūdābarnūdābor
2nd sg.nūdāris
nūdāre
nūdābāris
nūdābāre
nūdāberis
nūdābere
3rd sg.nūdāturnūdābāturnūdābitur
1st pl.nūdāmurnūdābāmurnūdābimur
2nd pl.nūdāminīnūdābāminīnūdābiminī
3rd pl.nūdanturnūdābanturnūdābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.nūdernūdārer
2nd sg.nūdēris
nūdēre
nūdārēris
nūdārēre
3rd sg.nūdēturnūdārētur
1st pl.nūdēmurnūdārēmur
2nd pl.nūdēminīnūdārēminī
3rd pl.nūdenturnūdārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.nūdānūdāre
pres. 2nd pl.nūdātenūdāminī
fut. 2nd sg.nūdātōnūdātor
fut. 3rd sg.nūdātōnūdātor
fut. 2nd pl.nūdātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.nūdantōnūdantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivenūdārenūdārī
perfect infinitivenūdāvisse
nūdāsse
nūdātum esse
future infinitivenūdātūrum essenūdātum īrī
present participlenūdāns
nūdante, nūdantem, nūdantēs, nūdantī, nūdantia, nūdantibus, nūdantis, nūdantīs, nūdantium
—
perfect participle—nūdātus
nūdāta, nūdātā, nūdātae, nūdātam, nūdātārum, nūdātās, nūdātī, nūdātōrum, nūdātōs
future participlenūdātūrus
nūdātūra, nūdātūrā, nūdātūrae, nūdātūram, nūdātūrārum, nūdātūrās, nūdātūre, nūdātūrī, nūdātūrīs, nūdātūrō, nūdātūrōrum, nūdātūrōs, nūdātūrum
nūdandus
nūdanda, nūdandā, nūdandae, nūdandam, nūdandārum, nūdandās, nūdande, nūdandīs, nūdandōrum, nūdandōs
gerundnūdandī, nūdandō, nūdandumsupinenūdātum, nūdātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

murum nudare defensoribus
to drive the defenders from the walls.
castra nudare (B. G. 7. 70)
to leave the camp undefended.

nūdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. nudus,
I. to make naked or bare; to strip, bare, lay bare, expose to view, uncover (syn.: exuo, detego, revelo).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: nudare inter cives corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70 (Trag. v. 426 Vahl.): hominem nudari ac deligari jubet, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161: nudatum caput, Verg. A. 12, 312: duros nudantia dentes, Lucr. 5, 1064; Quint. 11, 3, 81: gladios, Liv. 28, 33: telum nudatum vaginā, Nep. Dat. 11, 4: viscera, Verg. A. 1, 211: crura, id. G. 2, 7; Tac. A. 6, 33: si interrupto nudaret gurgite pontum, Tib. 4, 1, 75: nudata cacumina silvae Ostendunt, Ov. M. 1, 345: ubera, id. ib. 10, 391: tertia nudandas acceperat area messes, i. e. to be threshed out, id. F. 3, 557.—
B. In partic.
1. In milit. lang., to leave uncovered, leave exposed or defenceless, to expose a place to the enemy: latera sua, Liv. 1, 27: murus nudatus defensoribus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Liv. 21, 11: collis nudatus hominibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 44: neque sibi nudanda litora existimabant, id. B. C. 3, 15: ne castra nudentur, id. B. G. 7, 70: praesidiis nudatus, Sall. J. 88, 4; Liv. 30, 2, 5: terga fugā nudant, Verg. A. 5, 586. —
2. Pregn., to strip, spoil, plunder: spoliavit nudavitque omnia, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14: agros nudare populando, Liv. 44, 27: opibus, id. 42, 50: quem praeceps alea nudat, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 21: moveat cornicula risum Furtivis nudata coloribus, id. ib. 1, 3, 19: nec nuder ab illis, Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 7.—
II. Trop.
A. To lay bare, expose: te evolutum illis integumentis dissimulationis tuae nudatumque perspicio, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 350: vis ingenii etiamsi hac scientiā juris nudata sit, id. ib. 1, 38, 172.—
B. To lay bare, make visible, expose, betray, disclose: defectionem, Liv. 35, 32: nec illi primo statim creati nudare, quid vellent, id. 24, 27: fama equestris pugnae nudavit voluntates hominum, id. 42, 63: ne poena ejus consilia adversus Romanos nudaret, id. 40, 24: animos, id. 33, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 47: ingenium res Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae, id. ib. 2, 8, 74: alicui amorem, Tib. 4, 7, 2.—
C. To deprive of, strip of: nudata omnibus rebus tribunicia potestas, Caes. B. C. 1, 7: nudatos opere censorio aut sententiā judicum de ambitu condemnatos restituit, those who had been stripped by the censor of their rights and privileges, Suet. Caes. 41 (al. notatos): cum tuo exercitusque tui praesidio nudatam Italiam viderint, Liv. 28, 42.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūdō From nūdus (“naked”) + -ō.

In English words that came into English from nūdō

  • denudedenudo
  • denudatedenudatus
  • denudationdenudatio
  • nudationnudatio

Quick answers

What does nūdō mean in Latin?
nūdō, a verb, means “to strip, bare, nake, make naked; to leave exposed, leave defenseless; to spoil, plunder”.
What are the principal parts of nūdō?
nūdō, nūdāre, nūdāvī, nūdātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce nūdō?
In classical Latin, [ˈnuː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnuː.do].
Which English words come from nūdō?
English words that go back to Latin nūdō include denude, denudate, nudation and denudation.