[ˈkae̯.doː], [ˈt͡ʃɛː.do]
OrigoFrom 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”).
- conjugation-3to cut, hew, fell
- conjugation-3to strike, beat
- conjugation-3to kill, to murder
“tris Eryci uitulos et Tempestatibus agnam / caedere deinde iubet soluique ex ordine funem.” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- conjugation-3to defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side)
“C. Sulpicio cui Sicilia euenerat duae legiones quas P. Cornelius habuisset decretae et supplementum de exercitu Cn. Fului, qui priore anno in Apulia foede caesus fugatusque erat.” — To Gaius Sulpicius to whom Sicily was allotted two legions which Publius Cornelius had held were decided upon and reinforcements from Gnaius Fulvius’ army, which in the previous year had been shameful
Formaecaedō(canonical) · caedere(infinitive, present) · cecīdī(active, perfect) · caesum(supine) · caedō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · caedis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · caedit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · caedimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · caeditis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · caedunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · caedēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · caedēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · caedēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · caedēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · caedēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · caedēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · caedam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · caedēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · caedet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · caedēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)