French

Noun

abdo m ‎(plural abdos)

1. (rare in the singular) ab (abdominal muscle)

Latin

Etymology

From ab- +‎ *dō; see cre-do for details.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.doː/

Verb

abdō ‎(present infinitive abdere, perfect active abdidī, supine abditum); third conjugation

1. I hide, conceal, keep secret, cover, suppress, sheathe.
2. I remove, put away, set aside; banish.
3. (often with se) I betake myself, go away, go and hide.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (banish): ablēgō, dēpellō, eximō, expellō, exterminō, pellō, prōiciō, relēgō, submoveō
• (conceal, hide): abscondō, cēlō, contegō, dēfodiō, dissimulō, occultō, operiō, recondō, tegō, vēlō
• (go away): abambulō, abeō, abscēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō
• (remove): abdūcō, āmandō, āmōlior, āmoveō, aspellō, auferō, dēmoveō, dētrahō, eximō, relēgō, removeō, submoveō

Antonyms

• (go away): accēdō, adeō, adventō

Derived terms

Related terms

References

• abdo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abdo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “abdo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be quite engrossed in literary studies: se totum in litteras or se litteris abdere
    
  • to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam