battuo

Latin

Alternative forms

bātuō

Etymology

Unknown, rare in literary Latin. Perhaps from Gaulish^[1] or Germanic, ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”), or a separate root *bʰat- (“to hit”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Welsh bathu (“beat”), Old English beadu (“battle”), and the latter half of Latin andabata, as well as perhaps Sanskrit भल्ल (bhalla, “arrowhead, missile”). Doublet of battō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbat.tu.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbat̪.t̪u.o]

Verb

battuō (present infinitive battuere, perfect active battuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

(very rare) to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
- c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 2.8.60
- c. 400 CE, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis 36
- 230 CE, De re culinaria 4.2.108
to fence, play fencing; to fight
- 121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars Calig 54
- 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.4
to bang (have sex with)

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Inflection

Conjugation of battuō (third conjugation, no supine stem)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	battuō	battuis		battuit	battuimus	battuitis		battuunt
	imperfect	battuēbam	battuēbās		battuēbat	battuēbāmus	battuēbātis		battuēbant
	future	battuam	battuēs		battuet	battuēmus	battuētis		battuent
	perfect	battuī	battuistī		battuit	battuimus	battuistis		battuērunt, battuēre
	pluperfect	battueram	battuerās		battuerat	battuerāmus	battuerātis		battuerant
	future perfect	battuerō	battueris		battuerit	battuerimus	battueritis		battuerint
passive	present	battuor	battueris, battuere		battuitur	battuimur	battuiminī		battuuntur
	imperfect	battuēbar	battuēbāris, battuēbāre		battuēbātur	battuēbāmur	battuēbāminī		battuēbantur
	future	battuar	battuēris, battuēre		battuētur	battuēmur	battuēminī		battuentur
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	battuam	battuās		battuat	battuāmus	battuātis		battuant
	imperfect	battuerem	battuerēs		battueret	battuerēmus	battuerētis		battuerent
	perfect	battuerim	battuerīs		battuerit	battuerīmus	battuerītis		battuerint
	pluperfect	battuissem	battuissēs		battuisset	battuissēmus	battuissētis		battuissent
passive	present	battuar	battuāris, battuāre		battuātur	battuāmur	battuāminī		battuantur
passive	imperfect	battuerer	battuerēris, battuerēre		battuerētur	battuerēmur	battuerēminī		battuerentur
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	battue		—	—	battuite		—
active	future	—	battuitō		battuitō	—	battuitōte		battuuntō
passive	present	—	battuere		—	—	battuiminī		—
passive	future	—	battuitor		battuitor	—	—		battuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		battuere		battuī		battuēns		—
future		—		—		—		battuendus
perfect		battuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		battuendī	battuendō		battuendum	battuendō	—		—

Derived terms

battuālia
battuārium

Descendants

see: battō

References

^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “battuō, -is, -ere”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 68