sterto

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sternuō (“I sneeze”), but not as a regular frequentative, which is sternutō (“I sneeze violently or repeatedly”). Or maybe related to strepō and stridō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈster.toː/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈster.to/, [ˈst̪ɛrt̪o]

Verb

stertō (present infinitive stertere, perfect active stertuī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to snore

Conjugation

Conjugation of stertō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stertō	stertis	stertit	stertimus	stertitis	stertunt
	imperfect	stertēbam	stertēbās	stertēbat	stertēbāmus	stertēbātis	stertēbant
	future	stertam	stertēs	stertet	stertēmus	stertētis	stertent
	perfect	stertuī	stertuistī	stertuit	stertuimus	stertuistis	stertuērunt, stertuēre
	pluperfect	stertueram	stertuerās	stertuerat	stertuerāmus	stertuerātis	stertuerant
	future perfect	stertuerō	stertueris	stertuerit	stertuerimus	stertueritis	stertuerint
passive	present	—	—	stertitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	stertēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	stertētur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stertam	stertās	stertat	stertāmus	stertātis	stertant
	imperfect	sterterem	sterterēs	sterteret	sterterēmus	sterterētis	sterterent
	perfect	stertuerim	stertuerīs	stertuerit	stertuerīmus	stertuerītis	stertuerint
	pluperfect	stertuissem	stertuissēs	stertuisset	stertuissēmus	stertuissētis	stertuissent
passive	present	—	—	stertātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	sterterētur	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sterte	—	—	stertite	—
	future	—	stertitō	stertitō	—	stertitōte	stertuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		stertere	stertuisse	—	stertī	—	—
participles		stertēns	—	—	—	—	stertendum, stertundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		stertendī	stertendō	stertendum	stertendō	—	—

Derived terms

• stertēia
• stertēns
• stertentiuncula
• stertitātiō
• stertitō

Descendants

• English: stertor
• Italian: stertore
• Spanish: estertor

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛr.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛrtɔ
• Syllabification: ster‧to

Noun

sterto f

1. vocative singular of sterta