plovebat

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Latin

Verb

plovēbat (nonstandard)

  1. third-person singular imperfect active indicative of *plovere (alternative form of pluēbat)
    • c. 60 CE, Petronius, Satyricon, section 44:
      ...et Iovem aquam exorabant. Itaque statim urceatim plovebat: aut tune aut nunquam: et omnes redibant udi tanquam mures. Itaque dii pedes lanatos habent, quia nos religiosi non sumus. Agri iacent.
      ...and they prayed to Jupiter for rain. And it rained bucketfuls: 'twas now or never, and they all came home, wet as drowned rats. But the gods all have gouty feet now, because we are not religious. So our fields lie baking.
      (a satire of Vulgar Latin speech)[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Herman, József. 2000. Vulgar Latin. Translated by Wright, Roger. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. Page 17.
  2. ^ Palmer, Leonard Robert. 1988 . The Latin language. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Page 151.
  3. ^ Posner, Rebecca. 1996. The Romance languages. Cambridge University Press. Page 202.
  4. ^ Adams, James Noel. 1977. The Vulgar Latin of the letters of Claudius Terentianus. Manchester University Press. Page 1.
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