cunio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Cognate with Latin inquinō (“I pollute”), obscēnus (“filthy”), caenum (“mud”) and English whin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ni.oː/, [ˈkʊnioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ni.o/, [ˈkuːnio]

Verb

cuniō (present infinitive cunīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to defecate

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuniō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cuniō	cunīs	cunit	cunīmus	cunītis	cuniunt
	imperfect	cuniēbam	cuniēbās	cuniēbat	cuniēbāmus	cuniēbātis	cuniēbant
	future	cuniam	cuniēs	cuniet	cuniēmus	cuniētis	cunient
passive	present	cunior	cunīris, cunīre	cunītur	cunīmur	cunīminī	cuniuntur
	imperfect	cuniēbar	cuniēbāris, cuniēbāre	cuniēbātur	cuniēbāmur	cuniēbāminī	cuniēbantur
	future	cuniar	cuniēris, cuniēre	cuniētur	cuniēmur	cuniēminī	cunientur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cuniam	cuniās	cuniat	cuniāmus	cuniātis	cuniant
	imperfect	cunīrem	cunīrēs	cunīret	cunīrēmus	cunīrētis	cunīrent
passive	present	cuniar	cuniāris, cuniāre	cuniātur	cuniāmur	cuniāminī	cuniantur
	imperfect	cunīrer	cunīrēris, cunīrēre	cunīrētur	cunīrēmur	cunīrēminī	cunīrentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cunī	—	—	cunīte	—
	future	—	cunītō	cunītō	—	cunītōte	cuniuntō
passive	present	—	cunīre	—	—	cunīminī	—
	future	—	cunītor	cunītor	—	—	cuniuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cunīre	—	—	cunīrī	—	—
participles		cuniēns	—	—	—	—	cuniendus, cuniundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cuniendī	cuniendō	cuniendum	cuniendō	—	—

References

• cunio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.