mugio

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See also: mugió

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mug-, *mūg-, onomatopoeic form, reminiscent of cow's lowing. Cognates include Ancient Greek μῡκάομαι (mūkáomai, to low, bellow), Lithuanian mū̃kti (to bellow) and Russian мыча́ть (myčátʹ, to moo).

Pronunciation

Verb

mūgiō (present infinitive mūgīre, perfect active mūgīvī or mūgiī, supine mūgītum); fourth conjugation, no passive

  1. to moo, low, bellow
  2. (of inanimate things) to roar, rumble, bray, groan

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mūgiō (fourth conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mūgiō mūgīs mūgit mūgīmus mūgītis mūgiunt
imperfect mūgiēbam mūgiēbās mūgiēbat mūgiēbāmus mūgiēbātis mūgiēbant
future mūgiam mūgiēs mūgiet mūgiēmus mūgiētis mūgient
perfect mūgīvī,
mūgiī
mūgīvistī,
mūgiistī
mūgīvit,
mūgiit
mūgīvimus,
mūgiimus
mūgīvistis,
mūgiistis
mūgīvērunt,
mūgīvēre,
mūgiērunt,
mūgiēre
pluperfect mūgīveram,
mūgieram
mūgīverās,
mūgierās
mūgīverat,
mūgierat
mūgīverāmus,
mūgierāmus
mūgīverātis,
mūgierātis
mūgīverant,
mūgierant
future perfect mūgīverō,
mūgierō
mūgīveris,
mūgieris
mūgīverit,
mūgierit
mūgīverimus,
mūgierimus
mūgīveritis,
mūgieritis
mūgīverint,
mūgierint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mūgiam mūgiās mūgiat mūgiāmus mūgiātis mūgiant
imperfect mūgīrem mūgīrēs mūgīret mūgīrēmus mūgīrētis mūgīrent
perfect mūgīverim,
mūgierim
mūgīverīs,
mūgierīs
mūgīverit,
mūgierit
mūgīverīmus,
mūgierīmus
mūgīverītis,
mūgierītis
mūgīverint,
mūgierint
pluperfect mūgīvissem,
mūgiissem
mūgīvissēs,
mūgiissēs
mūgīvisset,
mūgiisset
mūgīvissēmus,
mūgiissēmus
mūgīvissētis,
mūgiissētis
mūgīvissent,
mūgiissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mūgī mūgīte
future mūgītō mūgītō mūgītōte mūgiuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mūgīre mūgīvisse,
mūgiisse
mūgītūrum esse
participles mūgiēns mūgītūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
mūgiendī mūgiendō mūgiendum mūgiendō mūgītum mūgītū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • mugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 392