laedo
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin[1]; proposed derivations include:
- From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”), λίστρον (lístron, “spade, shovel”) and Latvian lîžu (“to clear a land”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *slaid-, *sled-, a root common to Old English slītan (“to tear”).
- From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Old Norse lesta (“to damage”), lǫstr (“damage”) and Ancient Greek λαιδρός (laidrós, “bold”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlae̯.doː/, [ˈɫae̯.doː]
Inflection
Descendants
References
- laedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- laedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to break one's word: fidem laedere, violare, frangere
- to break one's word: fidem laedere, violare, frangere
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “laedo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 749
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