pluo

Latin

Alternative forms

• pluit

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.oː/, [ˈpɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.o/, [ˈpluːo]

Verb

pluō (present infinitive pluere, perfect active pluī or plūvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (impersonal) (it) rains
2. I fall or drip like rain

Conjugation

• Perfect plūvī is archaic.

Conjugation of pluō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pluō	pluis	pluit	pluimus	pluitis	pluunt
	imperfect	pluēbam	pluēbās	pluēbat	pluēbāmus	pluēbātis	pluēbant
	future	pluam	pluēs	pluet	pluēmus	pluētis	pluent
	perfect	pluī, plūvī	pluistī, plūvistī	pluit, plūvit	pluimus, plūvimus	pluistis, plūvistis	pluērunt, pluēre, plūvērunt, plūvēre
	pluperfect	plueram, plūveram	pluerās, plūverās	pluerat, plūverat	pluerāmus, plūverāmus	pluerātis, plūverātis	pluerant, plūverant
	future perfect	pluerō, plūverō	plueris, plūveris	pluerit, plūverit	pluerimus, plūverimus	plueritis, plūveritis	pluerint, plūverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pluam	pluās	pluat	pluāmus	pluātis	pluant
	imperfect	pluerem	pluerēs	plueret	pluerēmus	pluerētis	pluerent
	perfect	pluerim, plūverim	pluerīs, plūverīs	pluerit, plūverit	pluerīmus, plūverīmus	pluerītis, plūverītis	pluerint, plūverint
	pluperfect	pluissem, plūvissem	pluissēs, plūvissēs	pluisset, plūvisset	pluissēmus, plūvissēmus	pluissētis, plūvissētis	pluissent, plūvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	plue	—	—	pluite	—
	future	—	pluitō	pluitō	—	pluitōte	pluuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pluere	pluisse, plūvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pluēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pluendī	pluendō	pluendum	pluendō	—	—

Derived terms

• Vulgar Latin: *plovō (see there for Romance descendants)

References

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