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reddo

reddo

See also: reddò

Italian

Verb

reddo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reddere

Japanese

Romanization

reddo

  1. rōmaji reading of レッド

Latin

Etymology

From re- + (give).

Pronunciation

Verb

reddō (present infinitive reddere, perfect active reddidī, supine redditum); third conjugation

  1. I give back, return, restore.
  2. I give up, hand over, deliver, render, provide, assign
  3. I surrender, resign.
  4. I give or pay back; take revenge for, punish, inflict vengeance for.
  5. I repeat, declare, report, narrate, recite, rehearse.
  6. I represent, imitate, express, resemble.
  7. I return in profit.
    • Martial 2.38:
      Quid mihi reddat ager quaeris, Line, Nōmentānus?
      Hoc mihi reddit ager: tē, Line, nōn videō! :
      “You ask, Linus, what profit the field in Nomentum might return to me?
      This, Linus, [is what] the field gives back to me: not having to see you!”
    Vestis virum reddit. — “The clothes profit the man.”

Inflection

   Conjugation of reddo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reddō reddis reddit reddimus redditis reddunt
imperfect reddēbam reddēbās reddēbat reddēbāmus reddēbātis reddēbant
future reddam reddēs reddet reddēmus reddētis reddent
perfect reddidī reddidistī reddidit reddidimus reddidistis reddidērunt, reddidēre
pluperfect reddideram reddiderās reddiderat reddiderāmus reddiderātis reddiderant
future perfect reddiderō reddideris reddiderit reddiderimus reddideritis reddiderint
passive present reddor redderis, reddere redditur reddimur reddiminī redduntur
imperfect reddēbar reddēbāris, reddēbāre reddēbātur reddēbāmur reddēbāminī reddēbantur
future reddar reddēris, reddēre reddētur reddēmur reddēminī reddentur
perfect redditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect redditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect redditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reddam reddās reddat reddāmus reddātis reddant
imperfect redderem redderēs redderet redderēmus redderētis redderent
perfect reddiderim reddiderīs reddiderit reddiderīmus reddiderītis reddiderint
pluperfect reddidissem reddidissēs reddidisset reddidissēmus reddidissētis reddidissent
passive present reddar reddāris, reddāre reddātur reddāmur reddāminī reddantur
imperfect redderer redderēris, redderēre redderētur redderēmur redderēminī redderentur
perfect redditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect redditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present redde reddite
future redditō redditō redditōte redduntō
passive present reddere reddiminī
future redditor redditor redduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives reddere reddidisse redditūrus esse reddī redditus esse redditum īrī
participles reddēns redditūrus redditus reddendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
reddere reddendī reddendō reddendum redditum redditū

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References

  • reddo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • reddo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “reddo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to die a natural death: debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)
    • to (richly) recompense a kindness or service: beneficium remunerari or reddere (cumulate)
    • to return good for evil: pro maleficiis beneficia reddere
    • to speak, utter a sound: vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)
    • to render something into Latin: aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
    • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): verbum pro verbo reddere
    • to deliver a letter to some one (used of the messenger): epistulam reddere alicui (Att. 5. 21. 4)
    • to deliver a letter dated September 21st: litteras reddere datas a. d. Kal. X. Octob.
    • to make a person suspected: aliquem in suspicionem adducere (alicui), aliquem suspectum reddere
    • to accomplish, pay a vow: vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
    • to render count of a matter; to pass it for audit: rationem alicuius rei reddere
    • to administer justice (said of the praetor): ius reddere (Liv. 3. 33)
    • to gain a weak case by clever pleading: causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem (λόγον κρείττω ποιειν) (Brut. 8. 30)
    • to make restitution: res reddere (alicui) (cf. sect. V. 11)
    • to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere