[ˈfoe̯.doː], [ˈfɛː.do]
OriginFrom foedus (“filthy”). Compare Old English bædan (“to defile, pollute”). More at bad.
- conjugation-1to make foul or filthy, soil, dirty; defile, pollute, disfigure, mar, deform
“Ipse favens votis solitoque decentior aër, quamvis adsiduo noctem foedaverat imbre, principis et solis radiis detersa removit nubila.” — The very weather, favoring our prayers and more decent than usual, although it had marred the night continually with rain, removed the clouds, wiped away by means of the rays of the sun and the empero
“1425—1450, (MS. Selden 55, Bodleian Library, Oxford) Vita Beati Eduardi Regis et Confessoris, p. 371, lines 327-329” — The extraordinary virtue of God! The sores do not defile the trabea; nor did the flow of black blood diminish the splendor of the clothes, the purple of the king, but more strongly emphasized it.
- conjugation-1, figurativelyto dishonor, disgrace
“(Graeci) nos quoque dictitant barbaros et spurcius nos quam alios Οπικων appellatione foedant.” — (The Greeks) also assert repeatedly that we are barbarians and that we are dirtier than others, dishonor us by calling us philistines.
“1509—1513, Ludovico Ariosto, De Diversis Amoribus” — Shall I disgrace my savage right hand with human blood, so that my field may continually thrive under the ox?
- ablative, dative, form-of, masculine, neuterdative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of foedus
Formsfoedō(canonical) · foedāre(infinitive, present) · foedāvī(active, perfect) · foedātum(supine) · foedō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · foedās(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · foedat(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · foedāmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · foedātis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · foedant(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · foedābam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · foedābās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · foedābat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · foedābāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · foedābātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · foedābant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · foedābō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · foedābis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · foedābit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · foedābimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)
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