Noun: praeda
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | praeda |
| Plural | praedae |
Genitive
| Singular | praedae |
| Plural | praedārum |
Dative
| Singular | praedae |
| Plural | praedīs |
Accusative
| Singular | praedam |
| Plural | praedās |
Ablative
| Singular | praedā |
| Plural | praedīs |
Vocative
| Singular | praeda |
| Plural | praedae |
Sample Sentences
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“Nōn nōs aut ferrō Libycōs populāre Penātīs (“We come neither to pillage by sword the household gods of Libya, nor to drive captured plunder to the shores.”
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(The plunder “driven” or “turned” implies taking herds of animals; it might also mean taking humans into slavery.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.527–528]
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Vōs quoque, formīcae, subiectīs parcite grānīs: (And you too, ants, act sparingly once the seed has been sown:
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after harvest there will be a greater abundance of plunder.) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.685–686]
Nouns inflected like praeda
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Likely from the o-grade Proto-Italic *praiɣodā, from (with the prefix *prai-) Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-, whence also the second element in prehendō and probably also hedera.
Verbs referencing "praeda"
English Nouns
prey, English Nouns
spree, Italian Nouns
preda, Spanish Nouns
preda, French Nouns
proie, Dutch Nouns
prooi, Galician Nouns
prea, English Nouns
prede, Irish Nouns
spré, Portuguese Nouns
preia, Hungarian Nouns
préda, English Nouns
spreath.
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