sterto

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sternuō (“I sneeze”),[1] but not as a regular frequentative, which is sternutō (“I sneeze violently or repeatedly”). Or maybe related to strepō and stridō.

Pronunciation

Verb

stertō (present infinitive stertere, perfect active stertuī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. to snore

Conjugation

   Conjugation of stertō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stertō stertis stertit stertimus stertitis stertunt
imperfect stertēbam stertēbās stertēbat stertēbāmus stertēbātis stertēbant
future stertam stertēs stertet stertēmus stertētis stertent
perfect stertuī stertuistī stertuit stertuimus stertuistis stertuērunt,
stertuēre
pluperfect stertueram stertuerās stertuerat stertuerāmus stertuerātis stertuerant
future perfect stertuerō stertueris stertuerit stertuerimus stertueritis stertuerint
passive present — — stertitur — — —
imperfect — — stertēbātur — — —
future — — stertētur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stertam stertās stertat stertāmus stertātis stertant
imperfect sterterem sterterēs sterteret sterterēmus sterterētis sterterent
perfect stertuerim stertuerīs stertuerit stertuerīmus stertuerītis stertuerint
pluperfect stertuissem stertuissēs stertuisset stertuissēmus stertuissētis stertuissent
passive present — — stertātur — — —
imperfect — — sterterētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sterte — — stertite —
future — stertitō stertitō — stertitōte stertuntō
passive future — — stertitor — — —
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present stertere stertī stertēns —
future — — — stertendum,
stertundum
perfect stertuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
stertendī stertendō stertendum stertendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: stertor
  • Italian: stertore
  • Spanish: estertor

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sternuō, -ere (> Derivatives: stertere)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 587

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛr.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrtɔ
  • Syllabification: ster‧to

Noun

sterto f

  1. vocative singular of sterta
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