esurio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eːˈsʊ.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈs̬uː.ri.o]

Etymology 1

From edō (“to eat”) +‎ -turiō (desiderative suffix).

Verb

ēsuriō (present infinitive ēsurīre, perfect active ēsurīvī or ēsuriī, supine ēsurītum); fourth conjugation

1. to be hungry, to hunger for something

   Ēsurīsne? – (Ita,) ēsuriō.

   Are you hungry? – (Yes,) I am hungry.

   • 405 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate John.6.35:

     Dixit autem eis Jesus: Ego sum panis vitae: qui venit ad me, non esuriet, et qui credit in me, non sitiet umquam.

     And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will not hunger, and he who believes in me will not ever thirst.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ēsuriō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēsuriō		ēsurīs		ēsurit		ēsurīmus		ēsurītis		ēsuriunt
	imperfect	ēsuriēbam		ēsuriēbās		ēsuriēbat		ēsuriēbāmus		ēsuriēbātis		ēsuriēbant
	future	ēsuriam		ēsuriēs		ēsuriet		ēsuriēmus		ēsuriētis		ēsurient
	perfect	ēsurīvī, ēsuriī		ēsurīvistī, ēsuriistī		ēsurīvit, ēsuriit		ēsurīvimus, ēsuriimus		ēsurīvistis, ēsuriistis		ēsurīvērunt, ēsurīvēre, ēsuriērunt, ēsuriēre
	pluperfect	ēsurīveram, ēsurieram		ēsurīverās, ēsurierās		ēsurīverat, ēsurierat		ēsurīverāmus, ēsurierāmus		ēsurīverātis, ēsurierātis		ēsurīverant, ēsurierant
	future perfect	ēsurīverō, ēsurierō		ēsurīveris, ēsurieris		ēsurīverit, ēsurierit		ēsurīverimus, ēsurierimus		ēsurīveritis, ēsurieritis		ēsurīverint, ēsurierint
passive	present	ēsurior		ēsurīris, ēsurīre		ēsurītur		ēsurīmur		ēsurīminī		ēsuriuntur
	imperfect	ēsuriēbar		ēsuriēbāris, ēsuriēbāre		ēsuriēbātur		ēsuriēbāmur		ēsuriēbāminī		ēsuriēbantur
	future	ēsuriar		ēsuriēris, ēsuriēre		ēsuriētur		ēsuriēmur		ēsuriēminī		ēsurientur
	perfect	ēsurītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēsurītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēsurītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēsuriam		ēsuriās		ēsuriat		ēsuriāmus		ēsuriātis		ēsuriant
	imperfect	ēsurīrem		ēsurīrēs		ēsurīret		ēsurīrēmus		ēsurīrētis		ēsurīrent
	perfect	ēsurīverim, ēsurierim		ēsurīverīs, ēsurierīs		ēsurīverit, ēsurierit		ēsurīverīmus, ēsurierīmus		ēsurīverītis, ēsurierītis		ēsurīverint, ēsurierint
	pluperfect	ēsurīvissem, ēsuriissem		ēsurīvissēs, ēsuriissēs		ēsurīvisset, ēsuriisset		ēsurīvissēmus, ēsuriissēmus		ēsurīvissētis, ēsuriissētis		ēsurīvissent, ēsuriissent
passive	present	ēsuriar		ēsuriāris, ēsuriāre		ēsuriātur		ēsuriāmur		ēsuriāminī		ēsuriantur
	imperfect	ēsurīrer		ēsurīrēris, ēsurīrēre		ēsurīrētur		ēsurīrēmur		ēsurīrēminī		ēsurīrentur
	perfect	ēsurītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ēsurītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ēsurī		—		—		ēsurīte		—
	future	—		ēsurītō		ēsurītō		—		ēsurītōte		ēsuriuntō
passive	present	—		ēsurīre		—		—		ēsurīminī		—
	future	—		ēsurītor		ēsurītor		—		—		ēsuriuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ēsurīre			ēsurīrī			ēsuriēns			—
future		ēsurītūrum esse			ēsurītum īrī			ēsurītūrus			ēsuriendus, ēsuriundus
perfect		ēsurīvisse, ēsuriisse			ēsurītum esse			—			ēsurītus
future perfect		—			ēsurītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ēsurītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ēsuriendī		ēsuriendō		ēsuriendum		ēsuriendō		ēsurītum		ēsurītū

Descendants

From the present participle ēsuriens:

• → English: esurient

See also

• sitiō (“to be thirsty”)

Etymology 2

From ēsuriō (“to be hungry”) +‎ -ō.

Noun

ēsuriō m (genitive ēsuriōnis); third declension

1. a person that is hungry, a hungry man

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ēsuriō	ēsuriōnēs
genitive	ēsuriōnis	ēsuriōnum
dative	ēsuriōnī	ēsuriōnibus
accusative	ēsuriōnem	ēsuriōnēs
ablative	ēsuriōne	ēsuriōnibus
vocative	ēsuriō	ēsuriōnēs

References

• “esurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “esurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “esurio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be hungry: esurire