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rumpo

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English

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Etymology

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From rumpy-pumpy +‎ -o.

Noun

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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

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

Latin

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti, nasal-infixed present from the root *Hrewp- (“break”). Cognate with Sanskrit लुम्पति (lumpáti).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    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

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       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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present rumpere rumpī rumpēns —
    future ruptūrum esse ruptum īrī ruptūrus rumpendus,
    rumpundus
    perfect rūpisse ruptum esse — ruptus
    future perfect — ruptum fore — —
    perfect potential ruptūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    rumpendī rumpendō rumpendum rumpendō ruptum ruptū

    1At least one use of the Old Latin "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").

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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rumpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 529-30

    Further reading

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    • “rumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • rumpo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), 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

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    Noun

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    rumpo

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

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