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emendo
emendo
See also: emendò
Latin
Etymology
ē (“out”) + menda (“fault”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈmen.doː/
Verb
ēmendō (present infinitive ēmendāre, perfect active ēmendāvī, supine ēmendātum); first conjugation
- I free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure
- I correct by punishment, chastise, atone or compensate for
Inflection
Derived terms
Related terms
- ēmendātrīx
Descendants
References
- emendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- emendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “emendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.