LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

praedō

praedō m (genitive praedōnis)
Classical[ˈprae̯.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɛː.do]

Meaning

  1. robber, thief
    ‘at neque Persephonē digna est praedōne marītō, nec gener hoc nōbīs mōre parandus erat.’ ‘‘And neither does Persephone deserve a thief for her husband, nor was this the way we would have arranged for a son-in-law.’’ (Demeter/Ceres (mythology) speaks to Jupiter (mythology) about their abducted daughter Persephone/Proserpina.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.591–592
  2. pirate
  3. criminal

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

latrō, vī rapiēns
praedō -ōnis (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 15

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepraedōpraedōnēs
genitivepraedōnispraedōnum
dativepraedōnīpraedōnibus
accusativepraedōnempraedōnēs
ablativepraedōnepraedōnibus
vocativepraedōpraedōnēs

praedo, āre, v. praedor
I. fin.
praedo, ōnis, m. praeda,
I. one that makes booty, a plunderer, robber (syn.: latro, raptor).
I. Lit.: ita in aedibus sunt fures, praedo in proximo'st, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 105: hostes sunt, quibus bellum publice populus Romanus decrevit, vel ipsi populo Romano. Ceteri latrunculi vel praedones appellantur, Dig. 49, 15, 24; Auct. Her. 2, 21, 33: urbes piratis praedonibusque patefactae, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13: ut praedones solent, id. ib. 2, 4, 9, § 21: nefarius, id. de Or. 3, 1, 3: praedones latronesque, Caes. B. C. 3, 110: maritimus, a pirate, Nep. Them. 2, 3; so alone: capiunt praedones navem illam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 40: perfidus, alta petens, abductā virgine, praedo, Verg. A. 7, 362: praedo nuptiarum mearum, i. e. the murderer of my husband, App. M. 8, p. 207, 17: at neque Persephone digna est praedone marito, i. e. of Pluto, who had stolen her, Ov. F. 4, 591: alibi praedo, alibi praedae vindex, cadit, Liv. 38, 40.—
II. Transf., of drones, Col. 9, 15; of the hawk, Mart. 14, 116; of persons who turn to their own use the property of others, Dig. 5, 3, 25; 9, 4, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʰodéh
  8. Proto-Italic*hodā
  9. Proto-Italic*praiɣodā
  10. Latinpraedō

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin praedō From praeda (“booty, loot, spoils”) + -ō (suffix forming masculine nouns).; compare also praedor (“to loot, to rob, to plunder”).

Descendants
  • Italianpredone

In English words that came into English from praedō

  • preypraedō

Quick answers

What does praedō mean in Latin?
praedō, a noun, means “robber, thief; pirate; criminal”.
What is the genitive of praedō?
The genitive singular is praedōnis. praedō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce praedō?
In classical Latin, [ˈprae̯.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɛː.do].
Where does praedō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? → Proto-Italic *prai → Proto-Italic *prai- → Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- → Proto-Indo-European *gʰodéh → Proto-Italic *hodā → Proto-Italic *praiɣodā → Latin praedō.