caedo
Meaning
- (conjugation-3) to cut, hew, fell
- (conjugation-3) to strike, beat
- (conjugation-3) to kill, to murder
- (conjugation-3) to defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side)
Concepts
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkae̯.doː]
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”).
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