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
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haec redditast benignitas: nulli negare soleo, siquis me essum vocat. oratio una interiit hominum pessume, atque optuma hercle..."Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...singulas escas edint, quibus negoti nihil est, qui essum neque vocantur neque vocant: eos oportet contioni dare operam..."