spuo

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *spujō, from Proto-Indo-European *stpuH-ie- (“to spit, spew”), *(s)ptyēw-. Akin to Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Albanian pështyj, Old English spīwan (whence modern English spew), Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).

Pronunciation

Verb

spuō (present infinitive spuere, perfect active spuī, supine spūtum); third conjugation

  1. to spit, spew

Conjugation

   Conjugation of spuō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spuō spuis spuit spuimus spuitis spuunt
imperfect spuēbam spuēbās spuēbat spuēbāmus spuēbātis spuēbant
future spuam spuēs spuet spuēmus spuētis spuent
perfect spuī spuistī spuit spuimus spuistis spuērunt,
spuēre
pluperfect spueram spuerās spuerat spuerāmus spuerātis spuerant
future perfect spuerō spueris spuerit spuerimus spueritis spuerint
passive present spuor spueris,
spuere 		spuitur spuimur spuiminī spuuntur
imperfect spuēbar spuēbāris,
spuēbāre 		spuēbātur spuēbāmur spuēbāminī spuēbantur
future spuar spuēris,
spuēre 		spuētur spuēmur spuēminī spuentur
perfect spūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect spūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect spūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spuam spuās spuat spuāmus spuātis spuant
imperfect spuerem spuerēs spueret spuerēmus spuerētis spuerent
perfect spuerim spuerīs spuerit spuerīmus spuerītis spuerint
pluperfect spuissem spuissēs spuisset spuissēmus spuissētis spuissent
passive present spuar spuāris,
spuāre 		spuātur spuāmur spuāminī spuantur
imperfect spuerer spuerēris,
spuerēre 		spuerētur spuerēmur spuerēminī spuerentur
perfect spūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect spūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — spue — — spuite —
future — spuitō spuitō — spuitōte spuuntō
passive present — spuere — — spuiminī —
future — spuitor spuitor — — spuuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives spuere spuisse spūtūrum esse spuī spūtum esse spūtum īrī
participles spuēns — spūtūrus — spūtus spuendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
spuendī spuendō spuendum spuendō spūtum spūtū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: espuir

References

  • “spuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian sputo

Noun

spuo m (plural spui)

  1. spit
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