pessumdo
From LSJ
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English
pessumdo pessumdare, pessumdedi, possumdatus V TRANS :: destroy, ruin; sink, send to the bottom; put an end to; do away with, remove
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pessumdo: (pessun-), dăre, v. 1. pessum, II. B.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pessumdō,¹³ pessundō, pessum dō, dĕdī, dătum, dăre, tr.,
1 couler bas, submerger : Luc. 5, 616
2 [fig.] perdre, ruiner : Cic. d. Quint. 8, 6, 47 ; Sall. J. 42, 4 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 66 ; sin animus ad voluptates pessum datus est Sall. J. 1, 4, mais si l’âme s’est jetée dans le gouffre des plaisirs.
