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... petivere ut proprio sumptu ederent ludos qui de nomine...

ēdō (present infinitive ēdere, perfect active ēdidī, supine ēditum); third conjugation 1) to give out, put or bring forth; eject, discharge. 2) to produce, bear, give birth to, yield, form, beget. The verb edō with a short e is to eat, the verb ēdō with a long e is to produce! The tribunes of the plebs sought to produce, at personal expense, games...