prodo

Latin

Etymology

From prō + dō (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.doː/, [ˈproːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.do/, [ˈprɔːd̪o]

Verb

prōdō (present infinitive prōdere, perfect active prōdidī, supine prōditum); third conjugation

1. to exhibit, reveal, make known

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, expōnō, acclārō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

2. to give, put, bring forth, come forth
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.157–158:

     tum blandī solēs, ignōtaque prōdit hirundō
     et lūteum celsa sub trabe fīgit opus

     Then is the sunshine refreshing; and the stranger swallow comes forth, and builds her fabric of clay beneath the lofty rafter.
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 13.

3. to generate, produce, propagate, bear, beget

   Synonyms: ēdō, efficiō, ēmittō, enitor, conitor, creō, pariō, prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō

   Antonym: necō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.230–231:

     “[...] genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī / prōderet, ac tōtum sub lēgēs mitteret orbem.”

     “[...] he would beget a line with Teucer’s noble blood, one that will subject the whole world under its laws.”
     (Jupiter says that the future of imperial Rome will relate, through Aeneas, back to ancient Troy and King Teucer.)

4. to put forth in writing; publish, relate, report, record
5. to proclaim, announce, publish, make known

   Synonyms: denuntio, adnuntio, nuntio, indico, refero, renūntiō, profiteor, nū̆ncupō, ēdīcō, praedicō, dēferō, cōntiōnor

6. to appoint, elect, create

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō

7. to give up, surrender, abandon

   Synonyms: dedō, remittō, omittō, deserō, deficiō, relinquō, destituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, dēspondeō

8. to reveal, disclose; betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously

   Synonyms: trādō, indicō, prōtrahō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.431:

     “Nōn iam coniugium antīquum, quod prōdidit, ōrō, [...].”

     [Dido tells Anna:] “No more do I plead for our old marriage, which he betrayed, [...].”

9. to permit to go farther, protract, project; put off, defer; prolong; hand down; bequeath
10. to narrate

    Synonyms: referō, ferō, pandō, trādō, dicitur

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōdō	prōdis	prōdit	prōdimus	prōditis	prōdunt
	imperfect	prōdēbam	prōdēbās	prōdēbat	prōdēbāmus	prōdēbātis	prōdēbant
	future	prōdam	prōdēs	prōdet	prōdēmus	prōdētis	prōdent
	perfect	prōdidī	prōdidistī	prōdidit	prōdidimus	prōdidistis	prōdidērunt, prōdidēre
	pluperfect	prōdideram	prōdiderās	prōdiderat	prōdiderāmus	prōdiderātis	prōdiderant
	future perfect	prōdiderō	prōdideris	prōdiderit	prōdiderimus	prōdideritis	prōdiderint
passive	present	prōdor	prōderis, prōdere	prōditur	prōdimur	prōdiminī	prōduntur
	imperfect	prōdēbar	prōdēbāris, prōdēbāre	prōdēbātur	prōdēbāmur	prōdēbāminī	prōdēbantur
	future	prōdar	prōdēris, prōdēre	prōdētur	prōdēmur	prōdēminī	prōdentur
	perfect	prōditus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōdam	prōdās	prōdat	prōdāmus	prōdātis	prōdant
	imperfect	prōderem	prōderēs	prōderet	prōderēmus	prōderētis	prōderent
	perfect	prōdiderim	prōdiderīs	prōdiderit	prōdiderīmus	prōdiderītis	prōdiderint
	pluperfect	prōdidissem	prōdidissēs	prōdidisset	prōdidissēmus	prōdidissētis	prōdidissent
passive	present	prōdar	prōdāris, prōdāre	prōdātur	prōdāmur	prōdāminī	prōdantur
	imperfect	prōderer	prōderēris, prōderēre	prōderētur	prōderēmur	prōderēminī	prōderentur
	perfect	prōditus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōde	—	—	prōdite	—
	future	—	prōditō	prōditō	—	prōditōte	prōduntō
passive	present	—	prōdere	—	—	prōdiminī	—
	future	—	prōditor	prōditor	—	—	prōduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōdere	prōdidisse	prōditūrum esse	prōdī	prōditum esse	prōditum īrī
participles		prōdēns	—	prōditūrus	—	prōditus	prōdendus, prōdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōdendī	prōdendō	prōdendum	prōdendō	prōditum	prōditū

Derived terms

• prōditiō
• prōditor
• prōditrīx
• prōditus

References

• “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prodo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• prodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • to set an example: exemplum edere, prodere
    
  • history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
    
  • to break one's word: fidem prodere
    

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Etymology

From English proud.

Noun

prodo

1. decoration, ostentation

Verb

prodo

1. to dress up, especially in fashionable or ostentatious clothing