spuo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *spujō, from Proto-Indo-European *stpuH-ie- (“to spit, spew”), *(s)ptyēw-. Akin to Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Albanian pështyj, Old English spīwan (whence modern English spew), Old Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ), Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspu.oː/, [ˈs̠puoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspu.o/, [ˈspuːo]
Verb
spuō (present infinitive spuere, perfect active spuī, supine spūtum); third conjugation
- I spit, spew.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of spuō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | spuō | spuis | spuit | spuimus | spuitis | spuunt |
| imperfect | spuēbam | spuēbās | spuēbat | spuēbāmus | spuēbātis | spuēbant | |
| future | spuam | spuēs | spuet | spuēmus | spuētis | spuent | |
| perfect | spuī | spuistī | spuit | spuimus | spuistis | spuērunt, spuēre | |
| pluperfect | spueram | spuerās | spuerat | spuerāmus | spuerātis | spuerant | |
| future perfect | spuerō | spueris | spuerit | spuerimus | spueritis | spuerint | |
| passive | present | spuor | spueris, spuere | spuitur | spuimur | spuiminī | spuuntur |
| imperfect | spuēbar | spuēbāris, spuēbāre | spuēbātur | spuēbāmur | spuēbāminī | spuēbantur | |
| future | spuar | spuēris, spuēre | spuētur | spuēmur | spuēminī | spuentur | |
| perfect | spūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | spūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | spūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | spuam | spuās | spuat | spuāmus | spuātis | spuant |
| imperfect | spuerem | spuerēs | spueret | spuerēmus | spuerētis | spuerent | |
| perfect | spuerim | spuerīs | spuerit | spuerīmus | spuerītis | spuerint | |
| pluperfect | spuissem | spuissēs | spuisset | spuissēmus | spuissētis | spuissent | |
| passive | present | spuar | spuāris, spuāre | spuātur | spuāmur | spuāminī | spuantur |
| imperfect | spuerer | spuerēris, spuerēre | spuerētur | spuerēmur | spuerēminī | spuerentur | |
| perfect | spūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | spūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | spue | — | — | spuite | — |
| future | — | spuitō | spuitō | — | spuitōte | spuuntō | |
| passive | present | — | spuere | — | — | spuiminī | — |
| future | — | spuitor | spuitor | — | — | spuuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | spuere | spuisse | spūtūrum esse | spuī | spūtum esse | spūtum īrī | |
| participles | spuēns | — | spūtūrus | — | spūtus | spuendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| spuendī | spuendō | spuendum | spuendō | spūtum | spūtū | ||
Derived terms
- aspuō
- conspuō
- dēspuō
- exspuō
- inspuō
- respuō
- spūma
- spūtō
- spūtum
Descendants
- Portuguese: espuir
References
- “spuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Venetian
Etymology
Compare Italian sputo
Noun
spuo m (plural spui)
- spit
Related terms
- spuar