sterto
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sternuō (“I sneeze”), but not as a regular frequentative, which is sternutō (“I sneeze violently or repeatedly”). Or maybe related to strepō and stridō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈster.toː/
Verb
stertō (present infinitive stertere, perfect active stertuī); third conjugation, no passive
- I snore.
Inflection
| Conjugation of sterto (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | stertō | stertis | stertit | stertimus | stertitis | stertunt |
| imperfect | stertēbam | stertēbās | stertēbat | stertēbāmus | stertēbātis | stertēbant | |
| future | stertam | stertēs | stertet | stertēmus | stertētis | stertent | |
| perfect | stertuī | stertuistī | stertuit | stertuimus | stertuistis | stertuērunt, stertuēre | |
| pluperfect | stertueram | stertuerās | stertuerat | stertuerāmus | stertuerātis | stertuerant | |
| future perfect | stertuerō | stertueris | stertuerit | stertuerimus | stertueritis | stertuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | stertam | stertās | stertat | stertāmus | stertātis | stertant |
| imperfect | sterterem | sterterēs | sterteret | sterterēmus | sterterētis | sterterent | |
| perfect | stertuerim | stertuerīs | stertuerit | stertuerimus | stertueritis | stertuerint | |
| pluperfect | stertuissem | stertuissēs | stertuisset | stertuissēmus | stertuissētis | stertuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | sterte | — | — | stertite | — |
| future | — | stertitō | stertitō | — | stertitōte | stertuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | stertere | stertuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | stertēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| stertere | stertendī | stertendō | stertendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- stertēia
- stertēns
- stertentiuncula
- stertitātiō
- stertitō
Descendants
- English: stertor
- Italian: stertore
- Spanish: estertor
References
- sterto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sterto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sterto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette