ruo

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See also: ruó, ruò, and ru'o

Translingual

Symbol

ruo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Istro-Romanian.

Galician

Verb

ruo

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of ruar

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *rowō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- . Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρούω (oroúō, “hurry”).

Verb

ruō (present infinitive ruere, perfect active ruī, supine rutum); third conjugation

  1. to hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly
    Synonyms: currō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, prōripiō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
    Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
  2. to collapse, fall down, fall in ruins, topple
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.290:
      “‘Hostis habet mūrōs; ruit altō ā culmine Troia.’”
      “‘The enemy holds walls; Troy is toppling down from lofty height.’”
  3. to fail, fall
    Synonyms: corruō, cadō, incidō, incurrō, occidō, accidō
  4. to cast down; to hurl to the ground, prostrate
    Synonyms: prōsternō, sternō, fundō, prōflīgō
Conjugation
   Conjugation of ruō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ruō ruis ruit ruimus ruitis ruunt
imperfect ruēbam ruēbās ruēbat ruēbāmus ruēbātis ruēbant
future ruam ruēs ruet ruēmus ruētis ruent
perfect ruī ruistī ruit ruimus ruistis ruērunt,
ruēre
pluperfect rueram ruerās ruerat ruerāmus ruerātis ruerant
future perfect ruerō rueris ruerit ruerimus rueritis ruerint
passive present ruor rueris,
ruere 		ruitur ruimur ruiminī ruuntur
imperfect ruēbar ruēbāris,
ruēbāre 		ruēbātur ruēbāmur ruēbāminī ruēbantur
future ruar ruēris,
ruēre 		ruētur ruēmur ruēminī ruentur
perfect rutus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect rutus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect rutus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ruam ruās ruat ruāmus ruātis ruant
imperfect ruerem ruerēs rueret ruerēmus ruerētis ruerent
perfect ruerim ruerīs ruerit ruerīmus ruerītis ruerint
pluperfect ruissem ruissēs ruisset ruissēmus ruissētis ruissent
passive present ruar ruāris,
ruāre 		ruātur ruāmur ruāminī ruantur
imperfect ruerer ruerēris,
ruerēre 		ruerētur ruerēmur ruerēminī ruerentur
perfect rutus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect rutus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — rue — — ruite —
future — ruitō ruitō — ruitōte ruuntō
passive present — ruere — — ruiminī —
future — ruitor ruitor — — ruuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ruere ruisse ruitūrum esse ruī rutum esse rutum īrī
participles ruēns — ruitūrus — rutus ruendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ruendī ruendō ruendum ruendō rutum rutū
Derived terms
Descendants
  • French: ruer
  • Portuguese: ruir
  • Spanish: ruir
  • Sardinian: ruere, arrui

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *rowō, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to tear out, dig out”).

Verb

ruō (present infinitive ruere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  2. to dig out
Usage notes

There has been some confusion between the derivatives of the two verbs.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of ruō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ruō ruis ruit ruimus ruitis ruunt
imperfect ruēbam ruēbās ruēbat ruēbāmus ruēbātis ruēbant
future ruam ruēs ruet ruēmus ruētis ruent
passive present ruor rueris,
ruere 		ruitur ruimur ruiminī ruuntur
imperfect ruēbar ruēbāris,
ruēbāre 		ruēbātur ruēbāmur ruēbāminī ruēbantur
future ruar ruēris,
ruēre 		ruētur ruēmur ruēminī ruentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ruam ruās ruat ruāmus ruātis ruant
imperfect ruerem ruerēs rueret ruerēmus ruerētis ruerent
passive present ruar ruāris,
ruāre 		ruātur ruāmur ruāminī ruantur
imperfect ruerer ruerēris,
ruerēre 		ruerētur ruerēmur ruerēminī ruerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — rue — — ruite —
future — ruitō ruitō — ruitōte ruuntō
passive present — ruere — — ruiminī —
future — ruitor ruitor — — ruuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ruere — — ruī — —
participles ruēns — — — — ruendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ruendī ruendō ruendum ruendō — —
Derived terms

References

  • “ruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be ruined, undone: ad interitum ruere
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 326
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

ruo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ruó.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ruò.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Marshallese

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ruo

  1. two

References

Portuguese

Verb

ruo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ruar
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