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): [ˈrʊm.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrum.po]

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, Vergilius, Aeneis 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		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").

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
• Emilian: rånper
• → English: rout, route
• → Esperanto: rompi
• Franco-Provençal: rontre (maybe from hypothetical Vulgar Latin *rumptere)
• Old French: rompre
  • French: rompre
  • → English: rout
• Friulian: rompi
• Italian: rompere
• Ladin: romper, rompe
• Occitan: ròmper, rompre
• Old Leonese: arrumper, arromper
  • Asturian: arromper, (Western) rumper
  • Mirandese: arrumper
• Old Galician-Portuguese: romper
  • Galician: romper
  • Portuguese: romper
• Romanian: rupe, rupere
• Romansh: rumper, romper
• Sicilian: rumpiri, rùmpiri
• Spanish: romper
• Venetan: rónpar

Further reading

• “rumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumpo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), 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)