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Latin
Etymology
From re- + spuō.
Pronunciation
Verb
respuō (present infinitive respuere, perfect active respuī, supine respūtum); third conjugation
- to spit or spew out
- to reject or refuse
Conjugation
References
- “respuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “respuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- respuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)