caedo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cēdō === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”). Cognates include Old High German heia (“wooden hammer”), Old Armenian խայթ (xaytʻ, “sting”) and Sanskrit खिदति (khídati, “to tear, press”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkae̯.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.do] Hyphenation: cae‧do === Verb === caedō (present infinitive caedere, perfect active cecīdī, supine caesum); third conjugation to cut, hew, fell to strike, beat Synonyms: ferio, mulcō, tango, percutio, pello, percello, ico, discutio, pulsō, accido, affligo, impingo, verbero to kill, to murder Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, interimō, cōnficiō, obtruncō, necō, percutiō, interficiō, trucīdō, iugulō, sōpiō, perimō, peragō, dēiciō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō to defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side) Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, ēvincō, conquestō, superō, domō, prōflīgō, obruō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “caedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “caedo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.