comedant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →comedo, comedere, comedi, comesus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat up/away, chew up; finish eating; fret, chafe; consume/devour; waste/squander
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...inde coctam sursum subducemus corbulis. si autem deorsum comedent, si quid coxerint, superi incenati sunt et cenati inferi..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quid turbaest! aedes nostrae vix capient, scio. quid comedent! quid ebibent! quid sene erit nostro miserius? sed video..."