ructo
Latin
Etymology
From *rūgō (I belch, whence ructus (“belch”) and ērūgō) + -tō (frequentative suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“belch, roar”). Cognate with Old English rocettan (“I belch”) and Ancient Greek ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai, “to belch, vomit, emit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈruːk.toː/, [ˈruːkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈruk.to/, [ˈrukt̪o]
Verb
rūctō (present infinitive rūctāre, perfect active rūctāvī, supine rūctātum); first conjugation
- I belch, eructate
- (figurative) I bring up noisily
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References
- “ructo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ructo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ructo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.