sordeo

Latin

Etymology

From sordēs (“dirt, filth”) +‎ -eō.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

sordeō (present infinitive sordēre, perfect active sorduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be dirty, filthy or foul
  2. (figuratively) to be mean or base
  3. (figuratively) to be despised, slighted or held of no account

Conjugation

  • The third principal part is shared with sordēscō.
   Conjugation of sordeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sordeō sordēs sordet sordēmus sordētis sordent
imperfect sordēbam sordēbās sordēbat sordēbāmus sordēbātis sordēbant
future sordēbō sordēbis sordēbit sordēbimus sordēbitis sordēbunt
perfect sorduī sorduistī sorduit sorduimus sorduistis sorduērunt,
sorduēre
pluperfect sordueram sorduerās sorduerat sorduerāmus sorduerātis sorduerant
future perfect sorduerō sordueris sorduerit sorduerimus sordueritis sorduerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sordeam sordeās sordeat sordeāmus sordeātis sordeant
imperfect sordērem sordērēs sordēret sordērēmus sordērētis sordērent
perfect sorduerim sorduerīs sorduerit sorduerīmus sorduerītis sorduerint
pluperfect sorduissem sorduissēs sorduisset sorduissēmus sorduissētis sorduissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sordē — — sordēte —
future — sordētō sordētō — sordētōte sordentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present sordēre — sordēns —
perfect sorduisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sordendī sordendō sordendum sordendō — —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sordēs, -is”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “sordeo”, 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 637

Further reading

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