pluo

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

pluō (present infinitive pluere, perfect active pluī or plūvī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. Alternative form of pluit (“rain”)
    • 44 BCE, Cicero, De Divinatione, section 2.58:
      Sanguinem pluisse senatui nuntiatum est, Atratum etiam fluvium fluxisse sanguine, deorum sudasse simulacra.
      It was reported to the senate that blood had rained down, that even the river Atratus had overflowed with blood, and that the statues of the gods had given off sweat.

Usage notes

Takes a subject, unlike the impersonal pluit.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pluō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pluō pluis pluit pluimus pluitis pluunt
imperfect pluēbam pluēbās pluēbat pluēbāmus pluēbātis pluēbant
future pluam pluēs pluet pluēmus pluētis pluent
perfect pluī,
plūvī 		pluistī,
plūvistī 		pluit,
plūvit 		pluimus,
plūvimus 		pluistis,
plūvistis 		pluērunt,
pluēre,
plūvērunt,
plūvēre
pluperfect plueram,
plūveram 		pluerās,
plūverās 		pluerat,
plūverat 		pluerāmus,
plūverāmus 		pluerātis,
plūverātis 		pluerant,
plūverant
future perfect pluerō,
plūverō 		plueris,
plūveris 		pluerit,
plūverit 		pluerimus,
plūverimus 		plueritis,
plūveritis 		pluerint,
plūverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pluam pluās pluat pluāmus pluātis pluant
imperfect pluerem pluerēs plueret pluerēmus pluerētis pluerent
perfect pluerim,
plūverim 		pluerīs,
plūverīs 		pluerit,
plūverit 		pluerīmus,
plūverīmus 		pluerītis,
plūverītis 		pluerint,
plūverint
pluperfect pluissem,
plūvissem 		pluissēs,
plūvissēs 		pluisset,
plūvisset 		pluissēmus,
plūvissēmus 		pluissētis,
plūvissētis 		pluissent,
plūvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — plue — — pluite —
future — pluitō pluitō — pluitōte pluuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pluere pluisse,
plūvisse 		— — — —
participles pluēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pluendī pluendō pluendum pluendō — —

References

  • “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pluit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pluo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1745

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

plu +‎ -o

Verb

pluo (first-person singular present pluaf)

  1. (transitive) to pluck
  2. (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to con
  3. (transitive) to tie (fishing flies)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future pluaf plui plu, plua pluwn pluwch pluant pluir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		pluwn pluit pluai pluem pluech pluent pluid
preterite pluais pluaist pluodd pluasom pluasoch pluasant pluwyd
pluperfect pluaswn pluasit pluasai pluasem pluasech pluasent pluasid, pluesid
present subjunctive pluwyf pluych pluo pluom pluoch pluont pluer
imperative — plu, plua plued pluwn pluwch pluent pluer
verbal noun pluo
verbal adjectives pluedig
pluadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future plua i, pluaf i plui di pluith o/e/hi, pluiff e/hi pluwn ni pluwch chi pluan nhw
conditional pluwn i, pluswn i pluet ti, pluset ti pluai fo/fe/hi, plusai fo/fe/hi pluen ni, plusen ni pluech chi, plusech chi pluen nhw, plusen nhw
preterite pluais i, plues i pluaist ti, pluest ti pluodd o/e/hi pluon ni pluoch chi pluon nhw
imperative — plua — — pluwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pluo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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