tabeo

tabeo

See also: tâbeo

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-. Cognates include Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō), Sanskrit तोयम् (toyam), Old Armenian թանամ (tʻanam, to wet) and Old English þawian (English thaw).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    tābeō (present infinitive tābēre, perfect active tābuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

    1. to melt, melt down or away
    2. to waste or rot away

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    References

    • tabeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • tabeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • tabeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 603-604