essum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →edo, edere, edi, essus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat/consume/devour; eat away (fire/water/disease); destroy; spend money on food;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haec redditast benignitas: nulli negare soleo, siquis me essum vocat. oratio una interiit hominum pessume, atque optuma hercle..." - T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...singulas escas edint, quibus negoti nihil est, qui essum neque vocantur neque vocant: eos oportet contioni dare operam..."