comedo

English

Etymology

From Latin comedō (“glutton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmədəʊ/, /kəˈmiːdəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England); /kəˈmiːdəʊ/:

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• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

comedo (plural comedones or comedos)

1. (medicine) A blackhead or whitehead.
   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:

     Lying on, in, under her, I pore with squinnying eyes on a mole on that browngold rivercolour riverripple skin with its smell of sun, or else a tiny unsqueezed comedo by the flat and splaying nose.

Derived terms

• comedoadenocarcinoma
• comedocarcinoma
• comedo extraction
• comedogen
• comedogenic
• comedolytic
• comedonal
• comedonecrotic
• microcomedo
• solar comedo

 

Translations

A blackhead or whitehead

• Finnish: mustapää (fi)
• German: Komedo (de) m, Mitesser (de) m
• Turkish: komedon
• Ukrainian: вуго́р m (vuhór)

Anagrams

• coomed

Italian

Alternative forms

• commedo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōmoedus, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδός (kōmōidós, “chorus singer; comic poet”), from κωμῳδία (kōmōidía, “comedy, play”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: co‧mè‧do

Noun

comedo m (plural comedi) (literary)

1. a writer of comedies
2. an actor of comedies

Related terms

• commedia

See also

• tragedo

Further reading

• comedo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• comode

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.me.doː/, [ˈkɔmɛd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.me.do/, [ˈkɔːmed̪o]

Etymology 1

From con- +‎ edō (“I eat”).

Verb

comedō (present infinitive comedere or comēsse, perfect active comēdī, supine comēsus or comēstus); third conjugation, irregular

1. to eat or chew up
2. to consume or devour
3. to fret or chafe
4. to waste or squander

Conjugation

Conjugation of comedō (third conjugation, some irregular alternative forms)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comedō	comedis, comēs	comedit, comēst	comedimus	comeditis, comēstis	comedunt
	imperfect	comedēbam	comedēbās	comedēbat	comedēbāmus	comedēbātis	comedēbant
	future	comedam	comedēs	comedet	comedēmus	comedētis	comedent
	perfect	comēdī	comēdistī	comēdit	comēdimus	comēdistis	comēdērunt, comēdēre
	pluperfect	comēderam	comēderās	comēderat	comēderāmus	comēderātis	comēderant
	future perfect	comēderō	comēderis	comēderit	comēderimus	comēderitis	comēderint
passive	present	comedor	comederis, comedere	comeditur, comēstur	comedimur	comediminī	comeduntur
	imperfect	comedēbar	comedēbāris, comedēbāre	comedēbātur	comedēbāmur	comedēbāminī	comedēbantur
	future	comedar	comedēris, comedēre	comedētur	comedēmur	comedēminī	comedentur
	perfect	comēsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comēsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comēsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comedam, comedim	comedās, comedīs	comedat, comedit	comedāmus, comedīmus	comedātis, comedītis	comedant, comedint
	imperfect	comederem, comēssem	comederēs, comēssēs	comederet, comēsset	comederēmus, comēssēmus	comederētis, comēssētis	comederent, comēssent
	perfect	comēderim	comēderīs	comēderit	comēderīmus	comēderītis	comēderint
	pluperfect	comēdissem	comēdissēs	comēdisset	comēdissēmus	comēdissētis	comēdissent
passive	present	comedar	comedāris, comedāre	comedātur	comedāmur	comedāminī	comedantur
	imperfect	comederer	comederēris, comederēre	comederētur	comederēmur	comederēminī	comederentur
	perfect	comēsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	comēsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	comede, comēs	—	—	comedite, comēste	—
	future	—	comeditō, comēstō	comeditō, comēstō	—	comeditōte, comēstōte	comeduntō
passive	present	—	comedere	—	—	comediminī	—
	future	—	comeditor	comeditor	—	—	comeduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		comedere, comēsse	comēdisse	comēsūrum esse	comedī	comēsum esse	comēsum īrī
participles		comedēns	—	comēsūrus	—	comēsus, comēstus	comedendus, comedundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		comedendī	comedendō	comedendum	comedendō	comēsum, comēstum	comēsū, comēstū

Derived terms

• comēsor
• comēstor
• comēstibilis
• comēstiō
• comēsus
• comēstūra

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *comēre (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From comedō +‎ -ō.

Noun

comedō m (genitive comedōnis); third declension

1. glutton, gormandizer

   Synonyms: cataphagās, comēstor, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, glūtō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, lurcō, mandō, mandūcō, mandūcus, phagō, polyphagus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	comedō	comedōnēs
Genitive	comedōnis	comedōnum
Dative	comedōnī	comedōnibus
Accusative	comedōnem	comedōnēs
Ablative	comedōne	comedōnibus
Vocative	comedō	comedōnēs

References

• “comedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.