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parturio

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Latin

Etymology

From pariō (bear, give birth) + -turiō (desiderative suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

parturiō (present infinitive parturīre, perfect active parturīvī or parturiī); fourth conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to be in labour
  2. to be pregnant
  3. to teem with

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: partorire
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: parturî
  • Borrowings:

References

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