ceveo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kēweō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w-éye-ti, the *e-grade iterative of *keh₁w- (“to swing”).
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.u̯e.oː/, [ˈkeːu̯eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ve.o/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːveo]
Verb
cēveō (present infinitive cēvēre, perfect active cēvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I move my haunches; I am penetrated anally.
- 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.95:
- Sed pedicaris, sed pulchre, Naevole, ceves
- But you get fucked, Naevolus, and you bottom beautifully
- Sed pedicaris, sed pulchre, Naevole, ceves
- (figuratively) I fawn, flatter.
Usage notes
- Cēveō is a word for the action of the penetrated party in anal sex, as opposed to criso for the same during vaginal sex, futuo for the act of vaginal penetration, and paedico for the act of anal penetration; irrumo refers to violent oral penile insertion ("skull-fucking") and fello to the oral stimulation of the penis ("sucking").
Conjugation
| Conjugation of cēveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cēveō | cēvēs | cēvet | cēvēmus | cēvētis | cēvent |
| imperfect | cēvēbam | cēvēbās | cēvēbat | cēvēbāmus | cēvēbātis | cēvēbant | |
| future | cēvēbō | cēvēbis | cēvēbit | cēvēbimus | cēvēbitis | cēvēbunt | |
| perfect | cēvī | cēvistī | cēvit | cēvimus | cēvistis | cēvērunt, cēvēre | |
| pluperfect | cēveram | cēverās | cēverat | cēverāmus | cēverātis | cēverant | |
| future perfect | cēverō | cēveris | cēverit | cēverimus | cēveritis | cēverint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cēveam | cēveās | cēveat | cēveāmus | cēveātis | cēveant |
| imperfect | cēvērem | cēvērēs | cēvēret | cēvērēmus | cēvērētis | cēvērent | |
| perfect | cēverim | cēverīs | cēverit | cēverīmus | cēverītis | cēverint | |
| pluperfect | cēvissem | cēvissēs | cēvisset | cēvissēmus | cēvissētis | cēvissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | cēvē | — | — | cēvēte | — |
| future | — | cēvētō | cēvētō | — | cēvētōte | cēventō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | cēvēre | cēvisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | cēvēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| cēvendī | cēvendō | cēvendum | cēvendō | — | — | ||
References
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*keh₁u-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cēveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
- “ceveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ceveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ceveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette