prurio

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with prūna, pruīna.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpruː.ri.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpruː.ri.o]

Verb

prūriō (present infinitive prūrīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

to itch or tingle
to long for

Conjugation

Conjugation of prūriō (fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prūriō		prūrīs		prūrit		prūrīmus		prūrītis		prūriunt
	imperfect	prūriēbam		prūriēbās		prūriēbat		prūriēbāmus		prūriēbātis		prūriēbant
	future	prūriam		prūriēs		prūriet		prūriēmus		prūriētis		prūrient
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prūriam		prūriās		prūriat		prūriāmus		prūriātis		prūriant
active	imperfect	prūrīrem		prūrīrēs		prūrīret		prūrīrēmus		prūrīrētis		prūrīrent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prūrī		—		—		prūrīte		—
active	future	—		prūrītō		prūrītō		—		prūrītōte		prūriuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		prūrīre			—			prūriēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prūriendī		prūriendō		prūriendum		prūriendō		—		—

Derived terms

prūrīgō
prūriosus
prūrītus

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: prurire, prudere
- Sicilian: prùriri
Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: pruì
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pruir
- Occitan:
  - Gascon: prúder, prúser
  - Languedocien: prusir, prúser
  - Limousin: prúser, prure
  - Provençal: prusir
  - Vivaro-Alpine: prusir
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: proer, pruír
- Portuguese: pruir
Borrowings:
- → Portuguese: prurir

More at pruriens.

References

“prurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“prurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
prurio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.