spuo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *spujō, from Proto-Indo-European *stpuH-ie- (“to spit, spew”), *(s)ptyēw-. Akin to Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Albanian pështyj, Old English spīwan (whence modern English spew), Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspu.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspuː.o]
Verb
spuō (present infinitive spuere, perfect active spuī, supine spūtum); third conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of spuō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: espuir
References
- “spuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Venetan
Etymology
Noun
spuo m (plural spui)