vissio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Verb

vissiō (present infinitive vissīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to pass wind quietly
    • Latrine graffiti from Ostia
      vissiretacite·chilon·docvit svbdolvs[1]
      The sly Chilon taught how to pass wind silently.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vissiō (fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vissiō vissīs vissit vissīmus vissītis vissiunt
imperfect vissiēbam vissiēbās vissiēbat vissiēbāmus vissiēbātis vissiēbant
future vissiam vissiēs vissiet vissiēmus vissiētis vissient
passive present vissior vissīris,
vissīre 		vissītur vissīmur vissīminī vissiuntur
imperfect vissiēbar vissiēbāris,
vissiēbāre 		vissiēbātur vissiēbāmur vissiēbāminī vissiēbantur
future vissiar vissiēris,
vissiēre 		vissiētur vissiēmur vissiēminī vissientur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vissiam vissiās vissiat vissiāmus vissiātis vissiant
imperfect vissīrem vissīrēs vissīret vissīrēmus vissīrētis vissīrent
passive present vissiar vissiāris,
vissiāre 		vissiātur vissiāmur vissiāminī vissiantur
imperfect vissīrer vissīrēris,
vissīrēre 		vissīrētur vissīrēmur vissīrēminī vissīrentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vissī — — vissīte —
future — vissītō vissītō — vissītōte vissiuntō
passive present — vissīre — — vissīminī —
future — vissītor vissītor — — vissiuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present vissīre vissīrī vissiēns —
future — — — vissiendus,
vissiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vissiendī vissiendō vissiendum vissiendō — —

Coordinate terms

  • pēdō (“to pass wind loudly”)

Derived terms

  • vissium
  • vissitium

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: bes
    • Romanian: băși
  • Italo-Western Romance:
    • Old French: vessir (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Italian: vescia
    • ⇒ Venetan: vesa
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *vissīna, -um (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ http://hf.titansable.com/images/3/36/Vissire_tacite_Chilon_docuit_subdolus.jpg
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