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Latin
Etymology
sub- (“under”) + pēdō (“fart”)
Pronunciation
Verb
suppēdō (present infinitive suppēdere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
- to fart quietly
62 BCE – 43 BCE,
Cicero,
Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.4:
- suppedit, flagitium est; iam si erit nudus in balneo, non reprehendes.
- one farts quietly, it's an outrage; but if he's naked in a bath, you won't tell him off.
Conjugation
References
- “suppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suppedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.