prodo

Etymology

From prō + dō (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.doː/, [ˈproːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.do/, [ˈprɔːd̪o]

Verb

prōdō (present infinitive prōdere, perfect active prōdidī, supine prōditum); third conjugation

1. to exhibit, reveal, make known

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, expōnō, acclārō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

2. to give, put, bring forth, come forth
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.157–158:

     tum blandī solēs, ignōtaque prōdit hirundō
     et lūteum celsa sub trabe fīgit opus

     Then is the sunshine refreshing; and the stranger swallow comes forth, and builds her fabric of clay beneath the lofty rafter.
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 13.

3. to generate, produce, propagate, bear, beget

   Synonyms: ēdō, efficiō, ēmittō, enitor, conitor, creō, pariō, prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō

   Antonym: necō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.230–231:

     “[...] genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī / prōderet, ac tōtum sub lēgēs mitteret orbem.”

     “[...] he would beget a line with Teucer’s noble blood, one that will subject the whole world under its laws.”
     (Jupiter says that the future of imperial Rome will relate, through Aeneas, back to ancient Troy and King Teucer.)

4. to put forth in writing; publish, relate, report, record
5. to proclaim, announce, publish, make known

   Synonyms: denuntio, adnuntio, nuntio, indico, refero, renūntiō, profiteor, nū̆ncupō, ēdīcō, praedicō, dēferō, cōntiōnor

6. to appoint, elect, create

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō

7. to give up, surrender, abandon

   Synonyms: dedō, remittō, omittō, deserō, deficiō, relinquō, destituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, dēspondeō

8. to reveal, disclose; betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously

   Synonyms: trādō, indicō, prōtrahō, laedō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.431:

     “Nōn iam coniugium antīquum, quod prōdidit, ōrō, [...].”

     [Dido tells Anna:] “No more do I plead for our old marriage, which he betrayed, [...].”

9. to permit to go farther, protract, project; put off, defer; prolong; hand down; bequeath
10. to narrate

    Synonyms: referō, ferō, pandō, trādō, dicitur

References

• “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prodo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• prodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • to set an example: exemplum edere, prodere
    
  • history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
    
  • to break one's word: fidem prodere
    

Etymology

From English proud.

Noun

prodo

1. decoration, ostentation

Verb

prodo

1. to dress up, especially in fashionable or ostentatious clothing