sterto

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sterto. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sterto, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sterto in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sterto you have here. The definition of the word sterto will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsterto, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sternuō (“I sneeze”), but not as a regular frequentative, which is sternutō (“I sneeze violently or repeatedly”). Or maybe related to strepō and stridō.

Pronunciation

Verb

stertō (present infinitive stertere, perfect active stertuī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. to snore

Conjugation

   Conjugation of stertō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stertō stertis stertit stertimus stertitis stertunt
imperfect stertēbam stertēbās stertēbat stertēbāmus stertēbātis stertēbant
future stertam stertēs stertet stertēmus stertētis stertent
perfect stertuī stertuistī stertuit stertuimus stertuistis stertuērunt,
stertuēre
pluperfect stertueram stertuerās stertuerat stertuerāmus stertuerātis stertuerant
future perfect stertuerō stertueris stertuerit stertuerimus stertueritis stertuerint
passive present — — stertitur — — —
imperfect — — stertēbātur — — —
future — — stertētur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stertam stertās stertat stertāmus stertātis stertant
imperfect sterterem sterterēs sterteret sterterēmus sterterētis sterterent
perfect stertuerim stertuerīs stertuerit stertuerīmus stertuerītis stertuerint
pluperfect stertuissem stertuissēs stertuisset stertuissēmus stertuissētis stertuissent
passive present — — stertātur — — —
imperfect — — sterterētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sterte — — stertite —
future — stertitō stertitō — stertitōte stertuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives stertere stertuisse — stertī — —
participles stertēns — — — — stertendum,
stertundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
stertendī stertendō stertendum stertendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: stertor
  • Italian: stertore
  • Spanish: estertor

References

  • “sterto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sterto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sterto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛr.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrtɔ
  • Syllabification: ster‧to

Noun

sterto f

  1. vocative singular of sterta
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia