spado
English
Etymology
From Latin spadō, from Ancient Greek.
Noun
spado (plural spadoes or spadones)
- (now rare) Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.9:
- an impotency, or total privation thereof, prolongeth life; and they live longest in every kind that exercise it not at all. And this is true, not only in eunuchs by nature, but spadoes by art […]
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.9:
Anagrams
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Etymology
Noun
spado (plural spadi)
Derived terms
- spadagar (“to spade”)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπάδων (spádōn).
Noun
spadō m (genitive spadōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spadō | spadōnēs |
| genitive | spadōnis | spadōnum |
| dative | spadōnī | spadōnibus |
| accusative | spadōnem | spadōnēs |
| ablative | spadōne | spadōnibus |
| vocative | spadō | spadōnēs |
References
- spado in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spado in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spado in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- spado in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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