verbthird conjugation
prōdō
prōdō (present infinitive prōdere, perfect active prōdidī, supine prōditum)
Classical[ˈproː.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.do]
№ 929 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to exhibit, reveal, make known
- to give, put, bring forth, come forth
tum blandī sōlēs, ignōtaque prōdit hirundō
Then is the sunshine refreshing; and the stranger swallow comes forth, and builds her fabric of clay beneath the lofty rafter. 1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 13.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.157–158 - to generate, produce, propagate, bear, beget
[...] genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī / prōderet, ac tōtum sub lēgēs mitteret orbem.
“… he would beget a line with Teucer’s noble blood, one that will subject the whole world under its laws.” (Jupiter says that the future of imperial Rome will relate, through Aeneas, back to ancient Troy and King Teucer.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.230–231 - to put forth in writing; publish, relate, report, record
- to proclaim, announce, publish, make known
- to appoint, elect, create
- to give up, surrender, abandon
Tarda, gradū lentō, speciōsō praedita dorsō, tecta quidem, subitō sed saevō prōdita fātō;
Tardy, with a slow step, and endowed with a beautiful back, Well protected, but abandoned to a cruel fate; Alive, I said nothing; now, dead, I sing thus.Aenigmata 20 - to reveal, disclose; betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously
Nōn iam coniugium antīquum, quod prōdidit, ōrō, [...].
[Dido tells Anna:] “No more do I plead for our old marriage, which he betrayed, ….”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.431 - to permit to go farther, protract, project; put off, defer; prolong; hand down; bequeath
- to narrate
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
amīcum inimīcīs indicō; quī prōdit, fidem perdit.prōdō -ere prōdidī — in Mille Verba, Basilica et Iūs
occultum ostendōprōdō -ere, -didī — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 15
trādō hostī, fallō meōsprōdō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 14, 22
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōdō | prōdēbam | prōdam | prōdidī | prōdideram | prōdiderō |
| 2nd sg. | prōdis | prōdēbās | prōdēs | prōdidistī | prōdiderās | prōdideris |
| 3rd sg. | prōdit | prōdēbat | prōdet | prōdidit | prōdiderat | prōdiderit |
| 1st pl. | prōdimus | prōdēbāmus | prōdēmus | prōdidimus | prōdiderāmus | prōdiderimus |
| 2nd pl. | prōditis | prōdēbātis | prōdētis | prōdidistis | prōdiderātis | prōdideritis |
| 3rd pl. | prōdunt | prōdēbant | prōdent | prōdidērunt prōdidēre | prōdiderant | prōdiderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōdam | prōderem | prōdiderim | prōdidissem |
| 2nd sg. | prōdās | prōderēs | prōdiderīs | prōdidissēs |
| 3rd sg. | prōdat | prōderet | prōdiderit | prōdidisset |
| 1st pl. | prōdāmus | prōderēmus | prōdiderīmus | prōdidissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | prōdātis | prōderētis | prōdiderītis | prōdidissētis |
| 3rd pl. | prōdant | prōderent | prōdiderint | prōdidissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōdor | prōdēbar | prōdar |
| 2nd sg. | prōderis prōdere | prōdēbāris prōdēbāre | prōdēris prōdēre |
| 3rd sg. | prōditur | prōdēbātur | prōdētur |
| 1st pl. | prōdimur | prōdēbāmur | prōdēmur |
| 2nd pl. | prōdiminī | prōdēbāminī | prōdēminī |
| 3rd pl. | prōduntur | prōdēbantur | prōdentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōdar | prōderer |
| 2nd sg. | prōdāris prōdāre | prōderēris prōderēre |
| 3rd sg. | prōdātur | prōderētur |
| 1st pl. | prōdāmur | prōderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | prōdāminī | prōderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | prōdantur | prōderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | prōde | prōdere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | prōdite | prōdiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | prōditō | prōditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | prōditō | prōditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | prōditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | prōduntō | prōduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | prōdere | prōdī |
| perfect infinitive | prōdidisse | prōditum esse |
| future infinitive | prōditūrum esse | prōditum īrī |
| present participle | prōdēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | prōditus prōdita, prōditā, prōditae, prōditam, prōditārum, prōditās, prōditī, prōditōrum, prōditōs |
| future participle | prōditūrus prōditūra, prōditūrā, prōditūrae, prōditūram, prōditūrārum, prōditūrās, prōditūre, prōditūrī, prōditūrīs, prōditūrō, prōditūrōrum, prōditūrōs, prōditūrum | prōdendus prōdundus |
gerundprōdendī, prōdendō, prōdendumsupineprōditum, prōditū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
- history has handed down to us.
- memoriae traditum est, memoriae (memoria) proditum est (without nobis)
- tradition, history tells us.
prō-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (archaic produit for prodiderit, = porro dederit, porticum sartam tectamque habeto, prodito, Lex Censor. ap. Fest. p. 229, 17 Müll.;
I. To give, put, or bring forth (class.;
syn. edo, profero, promo): prodit fumoso condita vina cado, Ov. F. 5, 518: suspiria pectore, id. M. 1, 656: hydraulam et choraulam, to show, Suet. Ner. 54: exemplum turpe, to give a bad example, Vell. 2, 119, 4: perniciosum exemplum, Cic. Fl. 11, 25: prodendi exempli causā, of setting an example, Liv. 1, 11, 7.—B. In partic.
1. To bring forth, bear, produce (poet.): parvā prodite patriā, Att. ap. App. de Deo Socr. p. 55:
quae tam festa dies ut cesset prodere furem, Perfidiam, fraudes, Juv. 13, 23.—2. To put forth in writing, i. e. to publish, make known, relate, report, record:
cum decretum proditur, lex veri rectique proditur, Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27: Procilius non idem prodidit, quod Piso, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148: ea, quae scriptores Graeciae prodiderunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: haec monumenta nobis litterae prodiderunt, id. Planc. 39, 94: Thucydides ossa ejus clam ab amicis esse sepulta, memoriae prodidit, has handed down to memory, i. e. has recorded, Nep. Them. 10, 5: hujus bella gesta multi memoriae prodiderunt, id. Hann. 13, 3: ut produnt, as they say. Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33: prodere aliquid memoriā, to put forth from memory, i. e. to record, relate: quos natos in insulā ipsā, memoriā proditum dicunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: ut quod proditum memoriā est, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—Esp., to publish, proclaim any one as appointed to an office, i. e. to appoint, elect, create a public officer of any kind (syn.: creo, designo): cum populo agendi jus esto ei, quem produnt patres consulum creandorum ergo, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10; flaminem, id. Mil. 17, 46: interregem, id. Dom. 14, 38: dictatorem, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 18; to make known, disclose, discover, betray, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 75: homine prodente conscios, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31: crimen vultu, Ov. M. 2, 447: tamquam prodiderim quidquid scio, Juv. 9, 97: arcanum, id. 9, 115.—3. To betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously:
si Brutum prodideritis, et deserueritis, Cic. Phil. 10, 3, 7: is me deseruit ac prodidit, id. Fl. 33, 81; id. Sest. 14, 32; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84: prodebas caput et salutem meam, id. Pis. 24, 56: classem praedonibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: hosti rempublicam, Sall. J. 31, 18: patriam, Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32.—4. To give up, surrender, abandon: rem summam, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 411 Vahl.):
suam vitam, et Pecuniam omnem, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 70.—II. To extend, permit to go farther.
A. To put off, defer (anteclass.), Fest. p. 242 Müll.—
B. To prolong, = produco, de mendico male meretur qui ei dat quod edit, nam illi prodit vitam ad miseriam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58 sq.—
C. To hand down, transmit, bequeath (class.):
qui sacra suis posteris prodiderunt, Cic. Mil. 30, 83: jus imaginis ad memoriam posteritatemque prodendae, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36: regnum a Tantalo proditum, id. Off. 3, 21, 84.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prō-dō didī, ditus, ere,
to put forth, exhibit, reveal: Medusae squalentia ora, O.—To bring forth, produce, propagate: genus alto a sanguine Teucri, V.: Quae dies ut cesset prodere furem, Iu.—To put forth, relate, report, record, hand down, transmit: ea, quae scriptores prodiderunt: Thucydides ossa eius esse sepulta memoriae prodidit, has recorded, N.: quos natos in insulā ipsā memoriā proditum dicunt, that there is a tradition, Cs.: ius imaginis ad memoriam posteritatemque prodendae.—To proclaim, appoint, elect, create: quem produnt patres consulum rogandorum ergo: flaminem.—To reveal, make known, disclose, discover, betray: cum decretum proditur, lex veri rectique proditur: is me deseruit ac prodidit: classem praedonibus: hosti rem p., S.: crimen voltu, O.: arcanum, Iu.: Gaudia prodentem voltum celare, H.— To give up, surrender, abandon: anui prodita abs te filiast, T.: suam vitam, T.: ad improvidam pugnam legiones, expose, L.—Fig., to set forth, give display: perniciosum exemplum: prodendi exempli causā, of setting an example, L.—To extend, protract: aliquot nuptiis dies, i. e. delay the wedding a few days, T.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *proðō. By surface analysis, prō + -dō (“to put”).