spuo

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspuː.o]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		spuere			spuī			spuēns			—
future		spūtūrum esse			spūtum īrī			spūtūrus			spuendus
perfect		spuisse			spūtum esse			—			spūtus
future perfect		—			spūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		spūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		spuendī		spuendō		spuendum		spuendō		spūtum		spūtū

Derived terms

• aspuō
• conspuō
• dēspuō
• exspuō
• inspuō
• respuō
• spūma
• spūtō
• spūtum

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

Related terms

• spuar