abaestuo
Latin
Etymology
From ab- (“from, down from”) + aestuō (“have an undulating, waving motion, heave”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈbae̯s.tu.oː/, [äˈbäe̯s̠t̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈbes.tu.o/, [äˈbɛst̪uo]
Verb
abaestuō (present infinitive abaestuāre, perfect active abaestuāvī, supine abaestuātum); first conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) I hang down richly, wave down richly.
- c. 160-220 C.E., Tertullian, De Judicio Domini, 22
- quid faciat laetis ut vitis abaestuet uvis
- What makes a vine hang down richly with grapes
- quid faciat laetis ut vitis abaestuet uvis
- c. 160-220 C.E., Tertullian, De Judicio Domini, 22
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References
- “abaestuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abaestuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.