COMEDANT, comedant
Sounds Like: KOH-meh-dant
Translations: they eat, they consume, they devour
From the root: COMEDO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural present active subjunctive form of the verb 'comedo'. It means 'they may eat' or 'let them eat', often expressing a wish, command, or possibility. It is a compound word formed from 'con-' (with, together) and 'edo' (to eat).
Inflection: 3rd Person Plural, Present Tense, Active Voice, Subjunctive Mood
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, COMEDO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- COMEDO — I eat, I consume, I devour, I eat up
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