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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sapiō
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sp-ye- (“to notice”), from *sep- (“to try, to research”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.pjoː/
Verb
*sapiō[1]
- I taste
- I discern, can tell apart, know (the difference?)
Inflection
| Inflection of *sapiō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *sapjō | |
| Perfect | *sēpai | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *sapjō | — |
| 2nd sing. | *sapjes | — |
| 3rd sing. | *sapjet | — |
| 1st plur. | *sapjomos | — |
| 2nd plur. | *sapjetes | — |
| 3rd plur. | *sapjont | — |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *sapjām | — |
| 2nd sing. | *sapjās | — |
| 3rd sing. | *sapjād | — |
| 1st plur. | *sapjāmos | — |
| 2nd plur. | *sapjātes | — |
| 3rd plur. | *sapjānd | — |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *sēpai | |
| 2nd sing. | *sēpistai | |
| 3rd sing. | *sēpe(d) | |
| 1st plur. | *sēpomos | |
| 2nd plur. | *sēpistes | |
| 3rd plur. | *sēpēri | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *sapje | — |
| 2nd plur. | — | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | — | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *sapjents | — | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| — | *sapjezi | |
Descendants
- Latin: sapiō (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN