Translation
to found, establish; to store, hide away
Examples
Romulus .
Romulus founded the city.
transierunt.
Many years have passed since the founding of the city.
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He hid the gold under the ground.
conditum .
The body was buried in the tomb.
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He buried his sword in the enemy's breast.
Condo, condere, condidi, conditum is third conjugation, cum plus -do. That -do is not the do of do, dare, "give", but a separate root meaning "put", the one behind abdo, credo, perdo and reddo as well, which is why condo conjugates as a third conjugation verb and not like do.
Two families of sense follow the prefix. Put together: found a city, establish a people, compose a poem. Put away: store grain, sheathe a sword, hide treasure, bury a body. Both are common and neither is metaphorical. The famous phrase is "ab urbe condita", from the founding of the city, which Romans used as a date. The trap is the participle: conditum can be from this verb, "founded, stored", or from condio, condire, "to season" - so conditum vinum is spiced wine, not hidden wine.
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