rumpo

English

Etymology

From rumpy-pumpy +‎ -o.

Noun

rumpo (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, humorous) Sexual intercourse.
   • 1991, Punch, volume 300, numbers 7862-7873, page 59:

     A film in French with subtitles in which nothing happens for two hours but you'll sit through it because these French films always have a bit of rumpo in somewhere.

   • 2014, Carol K. Carr, India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy:

     He'd been more than happy to impersonate my “valued customer,” especially as he'd been rewarded with a bit of rumpo (on the house) for his pains.

References

• Tony Thorne (2014) “rumpo”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury

Latin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti, nasal-infixed present from the root *Hrewp- (“break”). Cognate with Sanskrit लुम्पति (lumpáti).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrum.poː/, [ˈrʊmpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrum.po/, [ˈrumpo]

Verb

rumpō (present infinitive rumpere, perfect active rūpī, supine ruptum); third conjugation

1. to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open

   Synonyms: dissolvo, solvo, absolvo, persolvo, distraho, findo, minuo

   Antonyms: coniungo, contraho, consocio, iungo, colligo, illigo, ligo, concilio

2. (of the body) to break, split, rupture, burst
3. (figuratively) to break; break off, through or away; cut short; interrupt; violate; infringe; cancel; stop; annul; destroy; rend

   Synonyms: interrumpō, interveniō, dirimō, āvocō, frangō, īnfringō, violō, irrumpō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.291–292:

     [...] sēsē intereā, quandō optuma Dīdō
     nesciat et tantōs rumpī nōn spēret amōrēs [...].

     Meanwhile, [Aeneas] himself – since his precious Dido is unaware, and nor [would] she expect such great passions to be broken off – [...].

4. (passive voice and reflexive) to result, arise, spring, erupt
5. to issue, emit, bring out

Conjugation

Conjugation of rumpō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rumpō	rumpis	rumpit	rumpimus	rumpitis	rumpunt
	imperfect	rumpēbam	rumpēbās	rumpēbat	rumpēbāmus	rumpēbātis	rumpēbant
	future	rumpam	rumpēs	rumpet	rumpēmus	rumpētis	rumpent
	perfect	rūpī	rūpistī	rūpit	rūpimus	rūpistis	rūpērunt, rūpēre
	pluperfect	rūperam	rūperās	rūperat	rūperāmus	rūperātis	rūperant
	future perfect	rūperō	rūperis	rūperit	rūperimus	rūperitis	rūperint
	sigmatic future1	rupsō	rupsis	rupsit	rupsimus	rupsitis	rupsint
passive	present	rumpor	rumperis, rumpere	rumpitur	rumpimur	rumpiminī	rumpuntur
	imperfect	rumpēbar	rumpēbāris, rumpēbāre	rumpēbātur	rumpēbāmur	rumpēbāminī	rumpēbantur
	future	rumpar	rumpēris, rumpēre	rumpētur	rumpēmur	rumpēminī	rumpentur
	perfect	ruptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ruptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ruptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rumpam	rumpās	rumpat	rumpāmus	rumpātis	rumpant
	imperfect	rumperem	rumperēs	rumperet	rumperēmus	rumperētis	rumperent
	perfect	rūperim	rūperīs	rūperit	rūperīmus	rūperītis	rūperint
	pluperfect	rūpissem	rūpissēs	rūpisset	rūpissēmus	rūpissētis	rūpissent
	sigmatic aorist1	rupsim	rupsīs	rupsīt	rupsīmus	rupsītis	rupsint
passive	present	rumpar	rumpāris, rumpāre	rumpātur	rumpāmur	rumpāminī	rumpantur
	imperfect	rumperer	rumperēris, rumperēre	rumperētur	rumperēmur	rumperēminī	rumperentur
	perfect	ruptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ruptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rumpe	—	—	rumpite	—
	future	—	rumpitō	rumpitō	—	rumpitōte	rumpuntō
passive	present	—	rumpere	—	—	rumpiminī	—
	future	—	rumpitor	rumpitor	—	—	rumpuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rumpere	rūpisse	ruptūrum esse	rumpī	ruptum esse	ruptum īrī
participles		rumpēns	—	ruptūrus	—	ruptus	rumpendus, rumpundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rumpendī	rumpendō	rumpendum	rumpendō	ruptum	ruptū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• abrumpō
• arrumpō
• corrumpō
• dīrumpō
• dīsrumpō
• ērumpō
• interrumpō
• intrōrumpō
• irrumpō
• perrumpō
• praecorrumpō
• praerumpō
• prōrumpō
• ruptiō
• ruptor
• ruptūra
• ruptus
• surrumpō

 

Related terms

• rūpēs
• rupex

Descendants

• Aromanian: arup, arupiri
• Catalan: rompre
• English: rout (via Old French), ruption
• Esperanto: rompi
• Franco-Provençal: rontre (maybe from hypothetical Vulgar Latin *rumptere)
• French: rompre
• Friulian: rompi
• Galician: romper
• Italian: rompere
• Ladin: romper, rompe
• Occitan: ròmper, rompre
• Portuguese: romper
• Romanian: rupe, rupere
• Romansch: rumper, romper
• Sicilian: rumpiri, rùmpiri
• Spanish: romper
• Venetan: rónpar

References

• “rumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumpo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “rumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to annul, revoke a will: testamentum irritum facere, rumpere
    
  • to burst one's chains: vincula rumpere
    
  • to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare
    

Old Swedish

Noun

rumpo

1. Alternative spelling of rumpa (“tail; buttocks”).

References

• rumpa, page 269 in Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (1884-1973)