redamo
Latin
Etymology
Coined by Cicero from red- (“denoting response”, early prevocalic variant of re-) + amō (“I love”) as a calque of the Ancient Greek ἀντιφιλέω (antiphiléō, “I love in return”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈre.da.moː/, [ˈrɛ.da.moː]
Verb
redamō (present infinitive redamāre, perfect active redamāvī, supine redamātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I requite love, I love back, I love in return, I return love for love
Conjugation
Derived terms
- redamantia (New Latin, rare)
References
- rĕdămo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- redamo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rĕdămo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,324/1
- redamo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 27.02.03) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “redamō” on page 1,588/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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