battuo

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. 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). Doublet of battō.

Pronunciation

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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Inflection

   Conjugation of battuō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present battuō battuis battuit battuimus battuitis battuunt
imperfect battuēbam battuēbās battuēbat battuēbāmus battuēbātis battuēbant
future battuam battuēs battuet battuēmus battuētis battuent
perfect battuī battuistī battuit battuimus battuistis battuērunt,
battuēre
pluperfect battueram battuerās battuerat battuerāmus battuerātis battuerant
future perfect battuerō battueris battuerit battuerimus battueritis battuerint
passive present battuor battueris,
battuere
battuitur battuimur battuiminī battuuntur
imperfect battuēbar battuēbāris,
battuēbāre
battuēbātur battuēbāmur battuēbāminī battuēbantur
future battuar battuēris,
battuēre
battuētur battuēmur battuēminī battuentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present battuam battuās battuat battuāmus battuātis battuant
imperfect battuerem battuerēs battueret battuerēmus battuerētis battuerent
perfect battuerim battuerīs battuerit battuerīmus battuerītis battuerint
pluperfect battuissem battuissēs battuisset battuissēmus battuissētis battuissent
passive present battuar battuāris,
battuāre
battuātur battuāmur battuāminī battuantur
imperfect battuerer battuerēris,
battuerēre
battuerētur battuerēmur battuerēminī battuerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present battue battuite
future battuitō battuitō battuitōte battuuntō
passive present battuere battuiminī
future battuitor battuitor battuuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives battuere battuisse battuī
participles battuēns battuendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
battuendī battuendō battuendum battuendō

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Descendants

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.