battuo

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Latin

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Etymology

Unknown, rare in literary Latin. Perhaps from Gaulish or Germanic, ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (to stab, dig), or a separate root *bʰat- (to hit); ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Welsh bathu (beat), Old English beadu (battle), and the latter half of Latin andabata, as well as perhaps Sanskrit भल्ल (bhalla, arrowhead, missile). Doublet of battō.

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Verb

battuō (present infinitive battuere, perfect active battuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (very rare) to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
  2. to fence, play fencing; to fight
  3. to bang (have sex with)
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References

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