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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kēweō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w-éye-ti, the *e-grade iterative of *keh₁w- (“to swing”).
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
cēveō (present infinitive cēvēre, perfect active cēvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (vulgar) to move one's haunches; to be penetrated anally
86 CE – 103 CE,
Martial,
Epigrammata III.95:
- Sed pedicaris, sed pulchre, Naevole, ceves
- But you get fucked, Naevolus, and you bottom beautifully
- (figuratively) to fawn, flatter
Usage notes
- Cēveō is a word for the action of the penetrated party in anal sex, as opposed to crīsō for the same during vaginal sex, futuō for the act of vaginal penetration, and pēdīcō for the act of anal penetration; irrumō refers to violent oral penile insertion ("skull-fucking") and fēllō to the oral stimulation of the penis ("sucking").
Conjugation
References
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*keh₁u-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
- “ceveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ceveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ceveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.