LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

rādō

rādō (present infinitive rādere, perfect active rāsī, supine rāsum)
Classical[ˈraː.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈraː.do]

Meaning

  1. to scrape, shave, scratch
  2. to rub, smooth
  3. to touch (upon), brush along, graze

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sine pilīs; pilī cultrō tolluntur
shave, scrape
rādō -ere, rāsus — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 2

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.rādōrādēbamrādamrāsīrāseramrāserō
2nd sg.rādisrādēbāsrādēsrāsistīrāserāsrāseris
3rd sg.rāditrādēbatrādetrāsitrāseratrāserit
1st pl.rādimusrādēbāmusrādēmusrāsimusrāserāmusrāserimus
2nd pl.rāditisrādēbātisrādētisrāsistisrāserātisrāseritis
3rd pl.rāduntrādēbantrādentrāsērunt
rāsēre		rāserantrāserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.rādamrāderemrāserimrāsissem
2nd sg.rādāsrāderēsrāserīsrāsissēs
3rd sg.rādatrāderetrāseritrāsisset
1st pl.rādāmusrāderēmusrāserīmusrāsissēmus
2nd pl.rādātisrāderētisrāserītisrāsissētis
3rd pl.rādantrāderentrāserintrāsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.rādorrādēbarrādar
2nd sg.rāderis
rādere		rādēbāris
rādēbāre		rādēris
rādēre
3rd sg.rāditurrādēbāturrādētur
1st pl.rādimurrādēbāmurrādēmur
2nd pl.rādiminīrādēbāminīrādēminī
3rd pl.rādunturrādēbanturrādentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.rādarrāderer
2nd sg.rādāris
rādāre		rāderēris
rāderēre
3rd sg.rādāturrāderētur
1st pl.rādāmurrāderēmur
2nd pl.rādāminīrāderēminī
3rd pl.rādanturrāderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.rāderādere
pres. 2nd pl.rāditerādiminī
fut. 2nd sg.rāditōrāditor
fut. 3rd sg.rāditōrāditor
fut. 2nd pl.rāditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.rāduntōrāduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverādererādī
perfect infinitiverāsisserāsum esse
future infinitiverāsūrum esserāsum īrī
present participlerādēns—
perfect participle—rāsus
future participlerāsūrus
rāsūra, rāsūrā, rāsūrae, rāsūram, rāsūrārum, rāsūrās, rāsūre, rāsūrī, rāsūrīs, rāsūrō, rāsūrōrum, rāsūrōs, rāsūrum		rādendus
rādundus, rādenda, rādendā, rādendae, rādendam, rādendārum, rādendās, rādende, rādendīs, rādendōrum, rādendōs
gerundrādendī, rādendō, rādendumsupinerāsum, rāsū

rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a.,
I. to scrape, scratch, shave, rub, or smooth; of the hair, to shave off with a razor (while tondere is to cut off with shears; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. scabo).
I. Lit.: MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO, tear, lacerate by scratching, in mourning, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157; and Fest. s. v. radere, p. 227: fauces, to irritate, Lucr. 4, 528; Quint. 11, 3, 13 Spald.; 11, 3, 20: terram pedibus (corvus), Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 2: caput et supercilia, to shave, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20 (just before, abrasa); Petr. 103: caput, as a token of slavery, Liv. 34, 52 fin.; in mourning, Suet. Calig. 5; and in execution of a vow made in times of peril, Juv. 12, 81 (cf. Petr. 103 sqq.): barbam, Suet. Aug. 79.—Transf., of the person himself: ut tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur, Suet. Caes. 45; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211: tigna, to smooth off, Lucr. 5, 1267: virgae, Verg. G. 2, 358; cf. lapides, to sweep the mosaic ground, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83: parietes, to scratch, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 52: aream, i. e. to clear of bushes, Col. 2, 19; cf.: medicam marris ad solum, to weed out, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 147: arva imbribus (Eurus), to strip, lay waste, sweep, ravage, Hor. Epod. 16, 54; cf.: terras (Aquilo), id. S. 2, 6, 25: nomen fastis, to scratch out, erase, Tac. A. 3, 17 fin.: margine in extremo littera rasa, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22: tabellae rasae, id. A. A. 1, 437.—
B. Poet., transf.
1. To touch in passing, touch upon, brush along, graze; of streams: ripas radentia flumina rodunt, Lucr. 5, 256; Ov. F. 1, 242; Luc. 2, 425; Sen. Hippol. 16.— Of sailors: hinc altas cautes projectaque saxa Pachyni Radimus (in sailing by), Verg. A. 3, 700; 5, 170; 7, 10; Val. Fl. 5, 108; Luc. 5, 425; 8, 246 al.: sicco freta radere passu (with percurrere; of horses running past), Ov. M. 10, 654: terra rasa squamis (serpentis), id. ib. 3, 75: arva radens serpens, Stat. Th. 5, 525; cf. Verg. A. 5, 217: trajectos surculus rasit, crept through, Suet. Ner. 48.—
2. To strip off, nip off: damnosa canicula quantum raderet, Pers. 3, 50: ista tonstrix radit, i. e. shaves her customers (sc. of their money), Mart. 2, 17, 5.—
II. Trop., to grate upon, hurt, offend: aures delicatas radere, Quint. 3, 1, 3: teneras auriculas mordaci vero, Pers. 1, 107: pallentes mores, to lash, satirize, id. 5, 15.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *razdō. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *rasdeti (“to scrape; to scratch”) (Welsh rhathu (“to grate, rasp”)). Perhaps conjectured to be related to rōdō; see Proto-Germanic *rattaz.

Borrowings
  • Germanradieren
  • Englishrase
  • Englishraze
  • Englishrash
  • Dutchraderenfrom German radieren
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseraerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese reer
  • Portuguesererfrom Old Galician-Portuguese reer
  • Spanishraer
  • Benasquésrayerfrom Aragonese rader
  • Asturianraír
  • Asturianrayer
  • Asturianrayir
  • Galicianraerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese reer
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanraure
  • Occitanraire
  • Middle Frenchrerefrom Old French rere
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianrade
  • Aromanianarad
Italo-Romance
  • Italianradere
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianradâ

Quick answers

What does rādō mean in Latin?
rādō, a verb, means “to scrape, shave, scratch; to rub, smooth; to touch (upon), brush along, graze”.
What are the principal parts of rādō?
rādō, rādere, rāsī, rāsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce rādō?
In classical Latin, [ˈraː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈraː.do].