sordeo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”). Cognate to German schwarz, Dutch zwart, English and West Frisian swart, Danish sort.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsor.de.oː/
Verb
sordeō (present infinitive sordēre, perfect active sorduī); second conjugation, no passive
- I am dirty, filthy or foul.
- (figuratively) I am mean or base.
- (figuratively) I am despised, slighted or held of no account.
Inflection
- The third principal part is shared with sordēscō.
| Conjugation of sordeo (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sordeō | sordēs | sordet | sordēmus | sordētis | sordent |
| imperfect | sordēbam | sordēbās | sordēbat | sordēbāmus | sordēbātis | sordēbant | |
| future | sordēbō | sordēbis | sordēbit | sordēbimus | sordēbitis | sordēbunt | |
| perfect | sorduī | sorduistī | sorduit | sorduimus | sorduistis | sorduērunt, sorduēre | |
| pluperfect | sordueram | sorduerās | sorduerat | sorduerāmus | sorduerātis | sorduerant | |
| future perfect | sorduerō | sordueris | sorduerit | sorduerimus | sordueritis | sorduerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sordeam | sordeās | sordeat | sordeāmus | sordeātis | sordeant |
| imperfect | sordērem | sordērēs | sordēret | sordērēmus | sordērētis | sordērent | |
| perfect | sorduerim | sorduerīs | sorduerit | sorduerimus | sordueritis | sorduerint | |
| pluperfect | sorduissem | sorduissēs | sorduisset | sorduissēmus | sorduissētis | sorduissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | sordē | — | — | sordēte | — |
| future | — | sordētō | sordētō | — | sordētōte | sordentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | sordēre | sorduisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | sordēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| sordēre | sordendī | sordendō | sordendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- sordēs
- sordēscō
- sordidus
Related terms
- sordicula
- sordidātus
- sordidē
- sordidō
- sordidulus
- sorditiēs
- sorditūdō
- sordulentus
References
- sordeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sordeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sordeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette