LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

undō

undō (present infinitive undāre, perfect active undāvī, supine undātum)
Classical[ˈʊn.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈun.do]

Meaning

  1. to rise in waves
  2. to overflow with, abound in
  3. to wave, undulate

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.undōundābamundābōundāvīundāveramundāverō
undārō
2nd sg.undāsundābāsundābisundāvistī
undāstī
undāverās
undārās
undāveris
3rd sg.undatundābatundābitundāvitundāverat
undārat
undāverit
undārit
1st pl.undāmusundābāmusundābimusundāvimusundāverāmusundāverimus
undārimus
2nd pl.undātisundābātisundābitisundāvistis
undāstis
undāverātis
undārātis
undāveritis
undāritis
3rd pl.undantundābantundābuntundāvērunt
undāvēre, undārunt
undāverant
undārant
undāverint
undārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.undemundāremundāverim
undārim
undāvissem
undāssem
2nd sg.undēsundārēsundāverīsundāvissēs
undāssēs
3rd sg.undetundāretundāverit
undārit
undāvisset
undāsset
1st pl.undēmusundārēmusundāverīmus
undārīmus
undāvissēmus
undāssēmus
2nd pl.undētisundārētisundāverītis
undārītis
undāvissētis
undāssētis
3rd pl.undentundārentundāverint
undārint
undāvissent
undāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.undorundābarundābor
2nd sg.undāris
undāre
undābāris
undābāre
undāberis
undābere
3rd sg.undāturundābāturundābitur
1st pl.undāmurundābāmurundābimur
2nd pl.undāminīundābāminīundābiminī
3rd pl.undanturundābanturundābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.underundārer
2nd sg.undēris
undēre
undārēris
undārēre
3rd sg.undēturundārētur
1st pl.undēmurundārēmur
2nd pl.undēminīundārēminī
3rd pl.undenturundārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.undāundāre
pres. 2nd pl.undāteundāminī
fut. 2nd sg.undātōundātor
fut. 3rd sg.undātōundātor
fut. 2nd pl.undātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.undantōundantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveundāreundārī
perfect infinitiveundāvisse
undāsse
undātum esse
future infinitiveundātūrum esseundātum īrī
present participleundāns—
perfect participle—undātus
undāta, undātā, undātae, undātam, undātārum, undātās, undātī, undātōrum, undātōs
future participleundātūrus
undātūra, undātūrā, undātūrae, undātūram, undātūrārum, undātūrās, undātūre, undātūrī, undātūrīs, undātūrō, undātūrōrum, undātūrōs, undātūrum
undandus
undanda, undandā, undandae, undandam, undandārum, undandās, undande, undandīs, undandōrum, undandōs
gerundundandī, undandō, undandumsupineundātum, undātū

undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I. [unda].
I. Neutr., to rise in waves or surges, to throw up waves, to surge, swell (poet. and in postAug. prose).
A. Lit.: undantem salum, Enn. ap. Non. 223, 24 (Trag. v. 226 Vahl.); cf.: undanti in freto, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89: solet aestus aequinoctialis ... undare, Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6: ad caelum undabat vortex, Verg. A. 12, 673: aëna undantia flammis, id. ib. 6, 218.—
B. Transf.
1. To overflow with, be full of, abound in any thing, = abundare: regio Undat equis floretque viris, Val. Fl. 1, 539: vultus sanguine, Stat. Th. 1, 449: silva favis, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 25: ima (aedium) viris, id. VI. Cons. Hon. 545.—
2. To wave, undulate: vidimus undantem ruptis fornacibus Aetnam, Verg. G. 1, 472: undantes flammae, Sil. 9, 446: undante fumo, Sen. Troad. 19: undans buxo Cytorus, Verg. G. 2, 437: undans chlamys, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 55: undantes habenae, waving, flowing, hanging loosely, Verg. A. 12, 471; so, undantia lora, id. ib. 5, 146: ipsa (puella) decenter undabat, undulated, App. M. 2, p. 117, 38.—
C. Trop., to waver, fluctuate, be agitated: undans curis, Val. Fl. 5, 304: undantes spumis furialibus irae, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 76.—
II. Act. (very rare), to overflow, inundate, deluge: sanguine campos, Stat. Achill. 1, 87: sinus cruore, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 67.—P. a.: undātus, a, um, in a wavy or wave-like form: concharum genera imbricatim undata, cancellatim reticulata, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103.—Hence, undan-ter, adv., in a waving manner, like waves: capillus undanter fluens, App. M. 2, p. 122, 7 (al. fluenter undans): evomere talia, Mart. Cap. 2, § 138.

Origins

From unda (“a wave”).

Descendants
  • Englishundate
  • Italianondare
  • Portugueseundar
  • Romanianunda, undare
  • Aromanianundedz, undari

Quick answers

What does undō mean in Latin?
undō, a verb, means “to rise in waves; to overflow with, abound in; to wave, undulate”.
What are the principal parts of undō?
undō, undāre, undāvī, undātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce undō?
In classical Latin, [ˈʊn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈun.do].