emendate
English
Etymology
From the Latin ēmendātus (“corrected”), the perfect passive participle of ēmendō (“I free from faults, correct”).
Pronunciation
- (adjective): enPR: ēʹmĕndət, IPA(key): /ˈiːmɛndət/
- (verb): enPR: ēʹmĕndāt, IPA(key): /ˈiːmɛndeɪt/
Verb
emendate (third-person singular simple present emendates, present participle emendating, simple past and past participle emendated)
References
- “† Emendate, a.” listed on page 118 of volume III (D–E), § ii (E) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [first edition, 1897]
- “†emendate, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [second edition, 1989]
- “Emendate, v.” listed on page 118 of volume III (D–E), § ii (E) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [first edition, 1897]
- “emendate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [second edition, 1989]
Italian
Verb
emendate
Latin
Etymology
From ēmendātus (“correct, faultless, perfect”), from ēmendō (“I free from faults, I correct, I improve, I amend”) and -ē (“-ly, -ily”).
References
- emendate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- emendate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to write correctly, in faultless style: emendate scribere
- to write correctly, in faultless style: emendate scribere
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