cunio
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Cognate with Latin inquinō (“I pollute”), obscēnus (“filthy”), caenum (“mud”) and English whin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ni.oː/, [ˈkʊ.ni.oː]
Verb
cuniō (present infinitive cunīre, perfect active cunīvī, supine cunitum); fourth conjugation
- to defecate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of cuniō (fourth conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cuniō | cunīs | cunit | cunīmus | cunītis | cuniunt |
| imperfect | cuniēbam | cuniēbās | cuniēbat | cuniēbāmus | cuniēbātis | cuniēbant | |
| future | cuniam | cuniēs | cuniet | cuniēmus | cuniētis | cunient | |
| perfect | cunīvī | cunīvistī | cunīvit | cunīvimus | cunīvistis | cunīvērunt, cunīvēre | |
| pluperfect | cunīveram | cunīverās | cunīverat | cunīverāmus | cunīverātis | cunīverant | |
| future perfect | cunīverō | cunīveris | cunīverit | cunīverimus | cunīveritis | cunīverint | |
| passive | present | cunior | cunīris, cunīre | cunītur | cunīmur | cunīminī | cuniuntur |
| imperfect | cuniēbar | cuniēbāris, cuniēbāre | cuniēbātur | cuniēbāmur | cuniēbāminī | cuniēbantur | |
| future | cuniar | cuniēris, cuniēre | cuniētur | cuniēmur | cuniēminī | cunientur | |
| perfect | cunitus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cunitus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | cunitus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cuniam | cuniās | cuniat | cuniāmus | cuniātis | cuniant |
| imperfect | cunīrem | cunīrēs | cunīret | cunīrēmus | cunīrētis | cunīrent | |
| perfect | cunīverim | cunīverīs | cunīverit | cunīverīmus | cunīverītis | cunīverint | |
| pluperfect | cunīvissem | cunīvissēs | cunīvisset | cunīvissēmus | cunīvissētis | cunīvissent | |
| passive | present | cuniar | cuniāris, cuniāre | cuniātur | cuniāmur | cuniāminī | cuniantur |
| imperfect | cunīrer | cunīrēris, cunīrēre | cunīrētur | cunīrēmur | cunīrēminī | cunīrentur | |
| perfect | cunitus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cunitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | cunī | — | — | cunīte | — |
| future | — | cunītō | cunītō | — | cunītōte | cuniuntō | |
| passive | present | — | cunīre | — | — | cunīminī | — |
| future | — | cunītor | cunītor | — | — | cuniuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | cunīre | cunīvisse | cunitūrus esse | cunīrī | cunitus esse | cunitum īrī | |
| participles | cuniēns | — | cunitūrus | — | cunitus | cuniendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| cuniendī | cuniendō | cuniendum | cuniendō | cunitum | cunitū | ||
References
- cunio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cunio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette