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English
Etymology
From rumpy-pumpy + -o.
Noun
rumpo (uncountable)
- (colloquial, humorous) Sexual intercourse.
1991, Punch, volume 300, numbers 7862-7873, page 59:A film in French with subtitles in which nothing happens for two hours but you'll sit through it because these French films always have a bit of rumpo in somewhere.
2014, Carol K. Carr, India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy:He'd been more than happy to impersonate my “valued customer,” especially as he'd been rewarded with a bit of rumpo (on the house) for his pains.
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Latin
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti, nasal-infixed present from the root *Hrewp- (“break”). Cognate with Sanskrit लुम्पति (lumpáti).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
rumpō (present infinitive rumpere, perfect active rūpī, supine ruptum); third conjugation
- to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open
- Synonyms: dissolvo, solvo, absolvo, persolvo, distraho, findo, minuo
- Antonyms: coniungo, contraho, consocio, iungo, colligo, illigo, ligo, concilio
- (of the body) to break, split, rupture, burst
- (figuratively) to break; break off, through or away; cut short; interrupt; violate; infringe; cancel; stop; annul; destroy; rend
- Synonyms: interrumpō, interveniō, dirimō, āvocō, frangō, īnfringō, violō, irrumpō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.291–292:
- sēsē intereā, quandō optuma Dīdō
nesciat et tantōs rumpī nōn spēret amōrēs .- Meanwhile, himself – since his precious Dido is unaware, and nor she expect such great passions to be broken off – .
- (passive voice and reflexive) to result, arise, spring, erupt
- to issue, emit, bring out
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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Descendants
References
- “rumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rumpo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “rumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to annul, revoke a will: testamentum irritum facere, rumpere
- to burst one's chains: vincula rumpere
- to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 529-30
Old Swedish
Noun
rumpo
- Alternative spelling of rumpa (“tail; buttocks”).
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