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verbthird conjugation

reddō

reddō (present infinitive reddere, perfect active reddidī, supine redditum)
Classical[ˈrɛd.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛd.do]
redditus perf. pass. ptcp.№ 174 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to give back, return, restore
    Praesertim ut nunc sunt mōrēs, adeō rēs redit: / sī quis quid reddit, magna habendast grātia!Especially as manners are nowadays, the situation has come to this: if someone returns something, [you] must be very grateful!161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 55–56
    Suetonius, De vita CaesarumO Quintilius Varus! Give [me] back [my] legions!
  2. to give up, hand over, deliver, render, provide, assign
  3. to surrender, relinquish, deliver, yield, resign
  4. to give or pay back; take revenge for, punish, inflict vengeance for
  5. to repeat, declare, report, narrate, recite, rehearse, express
  6. to represent, imitate, express, resemble
  7. to make something look in a certain way, make or cause a thing to be or appear something or somehow, render
    DĒMEA. Ego istuc vīderō, atque ibi favīllae plēna, fūmī ac pollinis coquendō sit faxō et molendō. Praeter haec merīdiē ipsō faciam ut stipulam colligat.DEMEA. I'll see to that, and full of soot, smoke and flour from the cooking and grinding I'll make her. And, besides that, I'll make her collect the straw at noon. I'll render her as burnt and black as coal.160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 5.3.59–63
    […]Hīc reddēs omnia quae nunc sunt certa eī cōnsilia incerta ut sient, sine omnī periclō.[…]Here you make all those plans which are now certain to him seem uncertain, without any risk.166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 2.3.14–16
  8. to return in profit
    Martial 2.38: Quid mihi reddat ager quaeris, Line, Nōmentānus? Hoc mihi reddit ager: tē, Line, nōn videō! You ask, Linus, what profit the field in Nomentum might return to me? This, Linus, [is what] the field gives back to me: not having to see you!
    Vestis virum reddit.The clothes profit the man.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quod accēpī vel dēbeō rūrsus dō.
reddō -ere reddidī — in Mille Verba, Mercātus

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.reddōreddēbamreddamreddidīreddideramreddiderō
2nd sg.reddisreddēbāsreddēsreddidistīreddiderāsreddideris
3rd sg.redditreddēbatreddetreddiditreddideratreddiderit
1st pl.reddimusreddēbāmusreddēmusreddidimusreddiderāmusreddiderimus
2nd pl.redditisreddēbātisreddētisreddidistisreddiderātisreddideritis
3rd pl.redduntreddēbantreddentreddidērunt
reddidēre
reddiderantreddiderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.reddamredderemreddiderimreddidissem
2nd sg.reddāsredderēsreddiderīsreddidissēs
3rd sg.reddatredderetreddideritreddidisset
1st pl.reddāmusredderēmusreddiderīmusreddidissēmus
2nd pl.reddātisredderētisreddiderītisreddidissētis
3rd pl.reddantredderentreddiderintreddidissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.reddorreddēbarreddar
2nd sg.redderis
reddere
reddēbāris
reddēbāre
reddēris
reddēre
3rd sg.redditurreddēbāturreddētur
1st pl.reddimurreddēbāmurreddēmur
2nd pl.reddiminīreddēbāminīreddēminī
3rd pl.reddunturreddēbanturreddentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.reddarredderer
2nd sg.reddāris
reddāre
redderēris
redderēre
3rd sg.reddāturredderētur
1st pl.reddāmurredderēmur
2nd pl.reddāminīredderēminī
3rd pl.reddanturredderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.reddereddere
pres. 2nd pl.redditereddiminī
fut. 2nd sg.redditōredditor
fut. 3rd sg.redditōredditor
fut. 2nd pl.redditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.redduntōredduntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveredderereddī
perfect infinitivereddidisseredditum esse
future infinitiveredditūrum esseredditum īrī
present participlereddēns—
perfect participle—redditus
reddita, redditā, redditae, redditam, redditārum, redditās, redditī, redditōrum, redditōs
future participleredditūrus
redditūra, redditūrā, redditūrae, redditūram, redditūrārum, redditūrās, redditūre, redditūrī, redditūrīs, redditūrō, redditūrōrum, redditūrōs, redditūrum
reddendus
reddundus, reddenda, reddendā, reddendae, reddendam, reddendārum, reddendās, reddende, reddendīs, reddendōrum, reddendōs
gerundreddendī, reddendō, reddendumsupineredditum, redditū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

verbum pro verbo reddere
to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).
ius reddere (Liv. 3. 33)
to administer justice (said of the praetor).
captivos sine pretio reddere
to restore prisoners without ransom.
rationem alicuius rei reddere
to render count of a matter; to pass it for audit.
pro maleficiis beneficia reddere
to return good for evil.
vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
to accomplish, pay a vow.
debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)
to die a natural death.
res reddere (alicui) (cf. sect. V. 11)
to make restitution.
7 more phrases
epistulam reddere alicui (Att. 5. 21. 4)
to deliver a letter to some one (used of the messenger).
vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)
to speak, utter a sound.
litteras reddere datas a. d. Kal. X. Octob.
to deliver a letter dated September 21st.
beneficium remunerari or reddere (cumulate)
to (richly) recompense a kindness or service.
aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
to render something into Latin.
aliquem in suspicionem adducere (alicui), aliquem suspectum reddere
to make a person suspected.
causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem (λόγον κρείττω ποιειν) (Brut. 8. 30)
to gain a weak case by clever pleading.

red-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (old
I. fut. reddibo = reddam, Plaut. Cas. 1, 41; id. Men. 5, 7, 49, acc. to Non. 476, 27; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 508, 9; pass. reddibitur, id. Ep. 1, 1, 22), v. a.
I. Lit., to give back, return, restore (freq. and class.; syn. restituo): reddere est quod debeas ei cujus est volenti dare, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 2: ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 109; 4, 3, 5; cf.: potes nunc mutuam drachmam dare mihi unam, quam cras reddam tibi? id. Ps. 1, 1, 84; so corresp. to dare, id. ib. 1, 1, 89; id. Stich. 4, 1, 42: quid si reddatur illi, unde empta est, id. Merc. 2, 3, 83; id. Men. 3, 3, 21 sq.; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 24 sq. et saep.; cf. the foll.: ea, quae utenda acceperis, majore mensurā, si modo possis, jubet reddere Hesiodus, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48; so corresp. to accipere, id. Lael. 8, 26; 16, 58; id. Rep. 2, 5, 10; Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 13: accipe quod nunquam reddas mihi, Hor. S. 2, 3, 66; Verg. G. 4, 172; id. A. 8, 450 et saep.: si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto, I give it back and renounce it, Cic. Sull. 30, 84: Th. Redde argentum aut virginem. Ph. Quod argentum, quam tu virginem, me reposcis? Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 14: ut (virginem) suis Restituam ac reddam, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; so with restituere, Liv. 3, 68 al.; cf.: reddere alias tegulas, i. e. restituere, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 29: obsides, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 19; so Caes. B. G. 1, 35; 1, 36; 6, 12: captivos, id. ib. 7, 90; Liv. 26, 50: ho mines, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 al.: corpora (mor tuorum), Verg. A. 11, 103; cf. id. ib. 2, 543: equos, Cic. Rep. 4, 2, 2; Suet. Aug. 38: suum cuique, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136: hereditatem mulieri, id. Fin. 2, 18, 58: sive paribus paria redduntur, i. e. are set against, opposed to, id. Or. 49, 164: nosmet ipsos nobis reddidistis, id. Red. in Sen. 1, 1: redditus Cyri solio Phraates, Hor. C. 2, 2, 17: reddas incolumem, precor, id. ib. 1, 3, 7: ut te reddat natis carisque, id. S. 1, 1, 83: redditus terris Daedalus, Verg. A. 6, 18; cf.: patriis aris, id. ib. 11, 269: oculis nostris, id. ib. 2, 740: tenebris, id. ib. 6, 545: sed jam urbi votisque publicis redditus, Plin. Pan. 60, 1: ex magnā desperatione saluti redditus, Just. 12, 10, 1: quin tu primum salutem reddis, quam dedi, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 11: operam da, opera reddibitur tibi, id. Ep. 1, 1, 22; so id. Men. 4, 2, 101: cum duo genera liberalitatis sint, unum dandi beneficii, alterum reddendi, demus nec ne, in nostrā potestate est; non reddere viro bono non licet, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48; so Sen. Ben. 1, 1 sq.; and cf. Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 10: redde his libertatem, id. Poen. 5, 4, 17; so, Lyciis libertatem ademit, Rhodiis reddidit, Suet. Claud. 25: patriam, Liv. 5, 51 fin.: sibi ereptum honorem, Verg. A. 5, 342: conspectum, id. ib. 9, 262 al.: se ipse convivio reddidit, betook himself again to the banquet, returned, Liv. 23, 9 fin.: quae belua reddit se catenis, Hor. S. 2, 7, 71: se reddidit astris, Sil. 4, 119; so, lux terris, Verg. A. 8, 170: se iterum in arma, id. ib. 10, 684.—
(b). Poet., with inf.: sua monstra profundo Reddidit habere Jovi, Stat. Th. 1, 616.—
(g). Absol. (rare and poet.), of a river: sic modo conbibitur, modo Redditur ingens Erasinus, is swallowed up ... reappears, Ov. M. 15, 275. —
II. Transf.
1. To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign; to yield, render, give, grant, bestow, pay, surrender, relinquish, resign (syn.: trado, refero): Cincius eam mihi abs te epistulam reddidit, quam tu dederas, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1; so, litteras (alicui), id. ib. 2, 1, 1; id. Fam. 2, 17, 1: litteras a te mihi reddidit stator tuus, id. ib. 2, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 1; 2, 20; 3, 33; Sall. C. 34, 3; cf. mandata, Suet. Tib. 16: pretium alicui pro benefactis ejus, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 20: hoccine pretii, id. As. 1, 2, 2; cf.: praemia debita (along with persolvere grates), Verg. A. 2, 537: cetera praemia (with dare), id. ib. 9, 254: primos honores, id. ib. 5, 347: gratiam alicui (for the usual referre gratiam), Sall. J. 110, 4: reddunt ova columbae, Juv. 3, 202: obligatam Jovi dapem, Hor. C. 2, 7, 17: o fortunata mors, quae naturae debita, pro patriā est potissimum reddita, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 31; cf.: vitam naturae reddendam, id. Rep. 1, 3, 5; so, vitam. Lucr. 6, 1198: debitum naturae morbo, i. e. to die by disease, Nep. Reg. 1 fin.: lucem, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 35: ultimum spiritum, Vell. 2, 14, 2; cf. id. 2, 22, 2; 2, 35 fin.; 2, 87, 2: animam caelo, id. ib. 123 fin.; cf. animas (with moriuntur), Verg. G. 3, 495: hanc animam, vacuas in auras, Ov. P. 2, 11, 7: caute vota reddunto, to pay, offer, render, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; so, vota, Verg. E. 5, 75; Just. 11, 10, 10: tura Lari, Tib. 1, 3, 34: liba deae, Ov. F. 6, 476: fumantia exta, Verg. G. 2, 194; Tac. H. 4, 53; cf.: graves poenas, i. e. to suffer, Sall. J. 14, 21: promissa viro, Verg. A. 5, 386 al.: tibi ego rationem reddam? will render an account, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6; so, rationem, id. Trin. 2, 4, 114; Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 38; v. ratio: animam a pulmonibus respirare et reddere, to give off, exhale, id. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf.: ut tibiae sonum reddunt, give forth, Quint. 11, 3, 20; so, sonum, id. 9, 4, 40; 66; Sen. Ep. 108; Hor. A. P. 348: vocem, Verg. A. 3, 40; 7, 95; 8, 217 (with mugiit); Hor. A. P. 158: stridorem, Ov. M. 11, 608: murmura, id. ib. 10, 702: flammam, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 36 et saep.; so, alvum, Cels. 2, 12, 2: bilem, id. 7, 23: sanguinem, to vomit, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6 (just before: sanguinem rejecit): urinam, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165: calculum, id. 28, 15, 61, § 217: catulum partu, Ov. M. 15, 379; cf. so of parturition, id. ib. 10, 513; id. H. 16, 46: fructum, quem reddunt praedia, yield, produce, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 75; Ov. P. 1, 5, 26; Col. 2, 16, 2; Pall. Febr. 9, 4; Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87; cf. Tib. 2, 6, 22; Quint. 12, 10, 25: generi nostro haec reddita est benignitas, is imparted to, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 27; cf.: nulla quies est Reddita corporibus primis, Lucr. 2, 96. — Hence, poet., redditum esse, in gen., = factum esse, esse: una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis, which is given, belongs to the gods, Verg. A. 12, 817: quibus et color et sapor una reddita sunt cum odore, Lucr. 2, 681; cf. id. 2, 228 Munro ad loc.; Juv. 1, 93; Orell. ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 216: neque iis petentibus jus redditur, is dispensed, granted, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: alicui jus, Quint. 11, 2, 50; cf.: alicui testimonium reddere industriae, id. 11, 1, 88: quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant, to yield, sacrifice, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89: quibus ille pro meritis ... jura legesque reddiderat, had conferred upon it the power of self-jurisdiction, Caes. B. G. 7, 76; cf Liv. 9, 43, 23 Drak.: Lanuvinis sacra sua reddita, id. 8, 14: conubia, to bestow, grant, id. 4, 5: peccatis veniam, Hor. S. 1, 3, 75: nomina facto vera, to call by the right name, Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 36.— Hence,
b. Jurid. t. t.: judicium, to appoint, grant, fix the time for a trial, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; Quint. 7, 4, 43; Tac. A. 1, 72: jus, to administer justice, pronounce sentence, id. ib. 6, 11; 13, 51; id. H. 3, 68; id. G. 12; Suet. Vit. 9 et saep.—
2. To give up, yield, abandon to one that which has not been taken away, but only threatened or in danger: Thermitanis urbem, agros legesque suas reddere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 90 ( = relinquere, id. ib. 2, 2, 36, § 88): Orestis leges suae redditae, left undisturbed, Liv. 33, 34, 6; 9, 43, 23 (cf. restituere); 29, 21, 7.—
3. To give back, pay back; hence, to take revenge for, punish, inflict vengeance for: per eum stare quominus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades, Liv. 24, 17, 7: reddidit hosti cladem, id. 24, 20, 2: redditaque aequa Cannensi clades, id. 27, 49, 5.—
4. To give back in speech or writing, i. e.
a. To translate, render (syn.: converto, transfero): cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155: verbum pro verbo, id. Opt. Gen. 5: verbo verbum, Hor. A. P. 133; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 54.—
b. To repeat, declare, report, narrate, recite, rehearse (freq. in Quint.): ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis iisdem redderet, quibus cogitasset, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 3: sive paria (verba) paribus redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria, Cic. Or. 49, 164: reddere quae restant, id. Brut. 74, 258: tertium actum de pastionibus, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1: nomina per ordinem audita, Quint. 11, 2, 23: causas corruptae eloquentiae, id. 8, 6, 76: quid cuique vendidissent, id. 11, 2, 24: dictata, to repeat, rehearse, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14; id. S. 2, 8, 80: carmen, to recite, deliver, id. C. 4, 6, 43: cum talia reddidit hospes, Ov. M. 6, 330; Lucr. 2, 179: causam, id. F. 1, 278: insigne exemplum suo loco, Tac. H. 4, 67.—
c. To answer, reply (poet.): veras audire et reddere voces, Verg. A. 1, 409; 6, 689: Aeneas contra cui talia reddit, id. ib. 10, 530; 2, 323: auditis ille haec placido sic reddidit ore, id. ib. 11, 251 et saep.; cf. responsa, id. G. 3, 491: responsum, Liv. 38, 9; 3, 60; Verg. A. 6, 672.—
5. To give back or render a thing according to its nature or qualities; to represent, imitate, express, resemble (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): quas hominum reddunt facies, Lucr. 6, 812: faciem locorum, Ov. M. 6, 122; 7, 752: lux aemula vultum Reddidit, gave back, reflected, Stat. Achill. 2, 191: formam alicujus, Sil. 3, 634: et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas, Verg. A. 6, 768; cf.: jam Phoebe toto fratrem cum redderet orbe, Luc. 1, 538: paternam elegantiam in loquendo, Quint. 1, 1, 6; 6, 3, 107; cf.: odorem croci saporemque, i. e. to smell and taste like saffron, Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177: imaginem quandam uvae, id. 34, 12, 32, § 123: flammam excellentis purpurae et odorem maris, id. 35, 6, 27, § 46: Apelleā redditus arte Mentor, Mart. 11, 10, 2.—
6. To give back, return a thing changed in some respect: senem illum Tibi dedo ulteriorem lepide ut lenitum reddas, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31; cf.: quas tu sapienter mihi reddidisti opiparas opera tua, id. Poen. 1, 1, 4.— Hence, in gen.,
7. To make or cause a thing to be or appear something or somehow; to render (very freq. and class.; cf.: facio, redigo): reddam ego te ex ferā fame mansuetem, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 19; id. Capt. 4, 2, 42: eam (servitutem) lenem reddere, id. ib. 2, 5, 1: tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam reddere, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: haec itinera infesta reddiderat, Caes. B. C. 3, 79: aliquem insignem, Verg. A. 5, 705: obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est, dimmed by the disturbance of the water, Ov. M. 3, 476: homines ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos, Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: omnes Catilinas Acidinos postea reddidit, has made all the Catilines seem to be Acidini, i. e. patriots, in comparison with himself, id. Att. 4, 3, 3: aliquid perfectum, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 109: aliquid effectum, to accomplish, id. Ps. 1, 3, 152; 1, 5, 116; 5, 2, 14: omne transactum, id. Capt. 2, 2, 95: actum, id. Trin. 3, 3, 90: dictum ac factum, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 12.— With ut and subj.: hic reddes omnia Quae sunt certa ei consilia incerta ut sient, Ter. And. 2, 3, 15.— Pass. = fieri scripsit fasciculum illum epistularum totum sibi aquā madidum redditum esse, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 4; Just. 16, 4, 6; 22, 7, 2: per sudorem corpus tantum imbecillius redditur, Cels. 3, 3, 19; cf. Just. 29, 4, 3; 42, 5, 4; 44, 1, 10; Flor. 3, 5, 17; Val. Max. 4, 3 prooem.; Lact. 4, 26, 33.

Origins

From re- + dō (“give”). The double -dd- is a remnant of the reduplication that was lost in the base verb.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanretre
  • Occitanrèdrefrom Old Occitan redre
  • Old Frenchretdrae
Italo-Romance
  • Italianreddere
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Ladinretër

Quick answers

What does reddō mean in Latin?
reddō, a verb, means “to give back, return, restore; to give up, hand over, deliver, render, provide, assign; to surrender, relinquish, deliver, yield, resign”.
What are the principal parts of reddō?
reddō, reddere, reddidī, redditum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce reddō?
In classical Latin, [ˈrɛd.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛd.do].