verbfirst conjugation, deponent
praedor
praedor (present infinitive praedārī, perfect active praedātus sum)
Classical[ˈprae̯.dɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɛː.dor]
Meaning
- deponentto acquire loot, such as through robbery or war
- deponentto pillage, plunder, despoil
- deponentto ravage, rob, take
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Præda · Manubiæ · Spolia · Exuviæ · Rapina
1. Prædia and manubiæ denote booty only as a possession and gain that has been made by conquest; whereas spolia and exuviæ, at the same time, as signs of victory and of honor. 2. Præda denotes any sort of booty; whereas manubiæ only the honorable booty of the soldier, taken in war; and rapina, the dishonorable booty of the prædo, who violates the peace of the country, robbery. (iv. 337.) 3. Prædo is the robber in general, in as far as he commits the robbery with his own hands, like λῃστής, as a species of latro (from ὀλετήρ) the highwayman, who lays wait for travellers, like σίνις, and pirata (πειρατής) the sea-robber; whereas raptor means the robber of some particular person or thing, like ἁρπακτήρ.
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praedor | praedābar | praedābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | praedāris praedāre | praedābāris praedābāre | praedāberis praedābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | praedātur | praedābātur | praedābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | praedāmur | praedābāmur | praedābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | praedāminī | praedābāminī | praedābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | praedantur | praedābantur | praedābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praeder | praedārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | praedēris praedēre | praedārēris praedārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | praedētur | praedārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | praedēmur | praedārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | praedēminī | praedārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | praedentur | praedārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | praedāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | praedāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | praedātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | praedātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | praedantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | praedārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | praedātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | praedātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | praedāns | — |
| perfect participle | praedātus praedāta, praedātā, praedātae, praedātam, praedātārum, praedātās, praedāte, praedātī, praedātīs, praedātō, praedātōrum, praedātōs | — |
| future participle | praedātūrus praedātūra, praedātūrā, praedātūrae, praedātūram, praedātūrārum, praedātūrās, praedātūre, praedātūrī, praedātūrīs, praedātūrō, praedātūrōrum, praedātūrōs, praedātūrum | praedandus praedanda, praedandā, praedandae, praedandam, praedandārum, praedandās, praedande, praedandīs, praedandōrum, praedandōs |
gerundpraedandī, praedandō, praedandumsupinepraedātum, praedātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- praedatum ire
- to go in search of plunder, booty.
praedor, ātus, 1 (active collat. form,
I. v. infra fin.), v. n. and a. [2. praedo].
I. Neutr., to make booty, to plunder, spoil, rob (in war and otherwise; class.;
syn.: spolio, diripio): spes rapiendi atque praedandi, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9: licentia praedandi, Liv. 22, 3: praedantes milites, Caes. B. G. 7, 46 fin.: ex hereditate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45; 2, 3, 3, § 6; 2, 3, 20, § 51: praedatum exire, Liv. 4, 55: necessitate inpositā ex alieno praedandi, id. 5, 5, 3: ex alienis fortunis, id. 6, 41, 11: ex necessitate alicujus, Lact. 6, 18, 8: ex agris finitimorum praedari, Just. 23, 1, 10: classis pluribus locis praedata, Tac. Agr. 29: de aratorum bonis praedari, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 182: praedari in re frumentariā et in bonis aratorum, id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146; 2, 3, 88, § 204: in bonis alienis, id. ib. 2, 2, 19, § 46: omnibus in rebus, upon every opportunity, id. ib. 2, 1, 50, § 130: in insulis cultorum egentibus, Liv. 22, 31, 3: ex alterius inscientiā praedari, to make use of another's ignorance to defraud him, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 72: cum apud tuos Mamertinos inveniare improbissimā ratione esse praedatus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3.—B. Transf.: praedātus, a, um, that has made booty; hence, well furnished with booty (Plautinian):
bene ego ab hoc praedatus ibo, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 39; id. Rud. 5, 2, 29; id. Pers. 4, 4, 115.—II. Act., to plunder, pillage, rob any thing (rare before the Aug. period).
A. Lit.:
pastorum stabula, Cic. Sest. 5, 13 Halm N. cr.; B. and K.; dub. (al. praeclara cepisset): dum socios magis quam hostes praedatur, Tac. A. 12, 49: arces Cecropis, Val. Fl. 5, 647: maria, Lact. 5, 9 med.; 7, 17, 9: bona vivorum et mortuorum, Suet. Dom. 12 (but cf. Roth ad loc.): Hylam Nympha praedata, Petr. 83.—2. Transf., to take or catch animals, birds, etc.:
alia dentibus praedantur, alia unguibus, Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196: ovem, Ov. A. A. 3, 419: pisces calamo praedabor, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 37.—B. Trop., to rob, ravish, take (poet.):
amores alicujus, to rob one of his mistress, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 59; cf.: quae me nuper praedata puella est, has caught me, id. Am. 1, 3, 1: singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 55: dapes, to consume, Val. Fl. 4, 429.!*? Act. collat. form praedo, āre: praedavit omnes filios Tharsis, Vulg. Jud. 2, 13; 16; Prisc. p. 799 P.—Hence, prae-dor, āri, in a pass. signif. (ante- and post-class.): mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16: terra direptione praedabitur, Vulg. Isa. 24, 3: pecuniae praedatae, Gell. 4, 18, 12.—As subst.: praedātum, i, n., that which has been obtained by plunder, booty, Vop. Prob. 8, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
praedor ātus, ārī
praeda, to make booty, plunder, spoil, rob : spes praedandi: licentia praedandi, L.: praedantes milites, Cs.: classis pluribus locis praedata, Ta.: in re frumentariā: omnibus in rebus, upon every opportunity : ex alterius inscientiā, make use of another's ignorance to defraud him : Italiae callīs et pastorum stabula: socios, Ta.— Supin. acc. : praedatum ire, L.— To take, catch, make prey of : ovem unam, O.—Fig., to rob, ravish, take : quae me praedata puella est, has <*>aught me , O.: Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes, H.
Origins
- 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
- Latinpraedor
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 praedor From praeda (“plunder, booty, loot”) + -ō (verbal suffix).
Descendants
- Englishprede
- Italianpredare
- Englishpreyfrom Old French preder
- Portugueseprear
- Portuguesepredar
- Romanianprăda
- Romanianprădare
- Spanishprear
- Spanishpredar
- Aromanianprad
In English words that came into English from praedor
- predatorpraedātor
- predationpraedatio
- depredatedepraedari
- depredationdepraedatio
- predacitypraedor
- predaceouspraedor
- preypraedō