ceveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kēweō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w-éye-ti, the *e-grade iterative of *keh₁w- (“to swing”).

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkeː.we.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.ve.o]

Verb

cēveō (present infinitive cēvēre, perfect active cēvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (vulgar) to be penetrated anally; to bottom
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 3.95.13:

     Sed pedicaris, sed pulchre, Naevole, ceves

     But you get fucked, Naevolus, and you bottom beautifully

2. (figuratively) to fawn; to flatter

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cēveō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cēveō		cēvēs		cēvet		cēvēmus		cēvētis		cēvent
	imperfect	cēvēbam		cēvēbās		cēvēbat		cēvēbāmus		cēvēbātis		cēvēbant
	future	cēvēbō		cēvēbis		cēvēbit		cēvēbimus		cēvēbitis		cēvēbunt
	perfect	cēvī		cēvistī		cēvit		cēvimus		cēvistis		cēvērunt, cēvēre
	pluperfect	cēveram		cēverās		cēverat		cēverāmus		cēverātis		cēverant
	future perfect	cēverō		cēveris		cēverit		cēverimus		cēveritis		cēverint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cēveam		cēveās		cēveat		cēveāmus		cēveātis		cēveant
	imperfect	cēvērem		cēvērēs		cēvēret		cēvērēmus		cēvērētis		cēvērent
	perfect	cēverim		cēverīs		cēverit		cēverīmus		cēverītis		cēverint
	pluperfect	cēvissem		cēvissēs		cēvisset		cēvissēmus		cēvissētis		cēvissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cēvē		—		—		cēvēte		—
	future	—		cēvētō		cēvētō		—		cēvētōte		cēventō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cēvēre			—			cēvēns			—
perfect		cēvisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cēvendī		cēvendō		cēvendum		cēvendō		—		—

References

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