conspuo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin spuō

Latin cōnspuō

From con- + spuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkõː.spu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.spu.o]

Verb

cōnspuō (present infinitive cōnspuere, perfect active cōnspuī, supine cōnspūtum); third conjugation

1. to spit upon or out (especially in contempt)

   Synonyms: spuō, spūtō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnspuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnspuō		cōnspuis		cōnspuit		cōnspuimus		cōnspuitis		cōnspuunt
	imperfect	cōnspuēbam		cōnspuēbās		cōnspuēbat		cōnspuēbāmus		cōnspuēbātis		cōnspuēbant
	future	cōnspuam		cōnspuēs		cōnspuet		cōnspuēmus		cōnspuētis		cōnspuent
	perfect	cōnspuī		cōnspuistī		cōnspuit		cōnspuimus		cōnspuistis		cōnspuērunt, cōnspuēre
	pluperfect	cōnspueram		cōnspuerās		cōnspuerat		cōnspuerāmus		cōnspuerātis		cōnspuerant
	future perfect	cōnspuerō		cōnspueris		cōnspuerit		cōnspuerimus		cōnspueritis		cōnspuerint
passive	present	cōnspuor		cōnspueris, cōnspuere		cōnspuitur		cōnspuimur		cōnspuiminī		cōnspuuntur
	imperfect	cōnspuēbar		cōnspuēbāris, cōnspuēbāre		cōnspuēbātur		cōnspuēbāmur		cōnspuēbāminī		cōnspuēbantur
	future	cōnspuar		cōnspuēris, cōnspuēre		cōnspuētur		cōnspuēmur		cōnspuēminī		cōnspuentur
	perfect	cōnspūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnspūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnspūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnspuam		cōnspuās		cōnspuat		cōnspuāmus		cōnspuātis		cōnspuant
	imperfect	cōnspuerem		cōnspuerēs		cōnspueret		cōnspuerēmus		cōnspuerētis		cōnspuerent
	perfect	cōnspuerim		cōnspuerīs		cōnspuerit		cōnspuerīmus		cōnspuerītis		cōnspuerint
	pluperfect	cōnspuissem		cōnspuissēs		cōnspuisset		cōnspuissēmus		cōnspuissētis		cōnspuissent
passive	present	cōnspuar		cōnspuāris, cōnspuāre		cōnspuātur		cōnspuāmur		cōnspuāminī		cōnspuantur
	imperfect	cōnspuerer		cōnspuerēris, cōnspuerēre		cōnspuerētur		cōnspuerēmur		cōnspuerēminī		cōnspuerentur
	perfect	cōnspūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnspūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnspue		—		—		cōnspuite		—
	future	—		cōnspuitō		cōnspuitō		—		cōnspuitōte		cōnspuuntō
passive	present	—		cōnspuere		—		—		cōnspuiminī		—
	future	—		cōnspuitor		cōnspuitor		—		—		cōnspuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnspuere			cōnspuī			cōnspuēns			—
future		cōnspūtūrum esse			cōnspūtum īrī			cōnspūtūrus			cōnspuendus
perfect		cōnspuisse			cōnspūtum esse			—			cōnspūtus
future perfect		—			cōnspūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnspūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnspuendī		cōnspuendō		cōnspuendum		cōnspuendō		cōnspūtum		cōnspūtū

Derived terms

• cōnspūtō

Descendants

• Asturian: cuspir
• → English: conspue
• → French: conspuer
• Galician: cuspir
• Mirandese: cuçpir
• Portuguese: cuspir
• ⇒ Late Latin: *excōnspuere
  • Aromanian: ascuchiu
  • Catalan: escopir
  • Occitan: escupir
  • Romanian: scuipa
  • Spanish: escupir

References

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