vomo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wemō, from Proto-Indo-European *wémh₁ti, from *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Sanskrit वमति (vamati), Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɔ.moː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔː.mo]

Verb

vomō (present infinitive vomere, perfect active vomuī, supine vomitum); third conjugation

(intransitive) to be sick; to vomit, puke, throw up; discharge
(transitive) to vomit up or forth; discharge, emit
- 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses:
  Degravat Aetna caput: sub qua resupinus harenas eiectat flammamque ferox vomit ore Typhoeus.
  Etna bears down his head; under it Typhoeus, on his back, casts forth sand, and vomits flame from his raging mouth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vomō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	vomō	vomis		vomit	vomimus	vomitis		vomunt
	imperfect	vomēbam	vomēbās		vomēbat	vomēbāmus	vomēbātis		vomēbant
	future	vomam	vomēs		vomet	vomēmus	vomētis		voment
	perfect	vomuī	vomuistī		vomuit	vomuimus	vomuistis		vomuērunt, vomuēre
	pluperfect	vomueram	vomuerās		vomuerat	vomuerāmus	vomuerātis		vomuerant
	future perfect	vomuerō	vomueris		vomuerit	vomuerimus	vomueritis		vomuerint
passive	present	vomor	vomeris, vomere		vomitur	vomimur	vomiminī		vomuntur
	imperfect	vomēbar	vomēbāris, vomēbāre		vomēbātur	vomēbāmur	vomēbāminī		vomēbantur
	future	vomar	vomēris, vomēre		vomētur	vomēmur	vomēminī		vomentur
	perfect	vomitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vomitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vomitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	vomam	vomās		vomat	vomāmus	vomātis		vomant
	imperfect	vomerem	vomerēs		vomeret	vomerēmus	vomerētis		vomerent
	perfect	vomuerim	vomuerīs		vomuerit	vomuerīmus	vomuerītis		vomuerint
	pluperfect	vomuissem	vomuissēs		vomuisset	vomuissēmus	vomuissētis		vomuissent
passive	present	vomar	vomāris, vomāre		vomātur	vomāmur	vomāminī		vomantur
	imperfect	vomerer	vomerēris, vomerēre		vomerētur	vomerēmur	vomerēminī		vomerentur
	perfect	vomitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vomitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	vome		—	—	vomite		—
active	future	—	vomitō		vomitō	—	vomitōte		vomuntō
passive	present	—	vomere		—	—	vomiminī		—
passive	future	—	vomitor		vomitor	—	—		vomuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		vomere		vomī		vomēns		—
future		vomitūrum esse		vomitum īrī		vomitūrus		vomendus, vomundus
perfect		vomuisse		vomitum esse		—		vomitus
future perfect		—		vomitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		vomitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		vomendī	vomendō		vomendum	vomendō	vomitum		vomitū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Balkano-Romance:
- Aromanian: vom, vomu, zvom, zvomu, voamiri
- Megleno-Romanian: vom
- Romanian: voame, voma
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Dalmatian: gombro, gomuor^[1] (< *vom-āre)
- Italian: vomere, vomire
Gallo-Romance:
- Occitan: vomir
- Old French: vomir
  - French: vomir
  - Norman: vômi (Jersey)

References

^ Bartoli, p. 311

“vomo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vomo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“vomo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (2000), Aldo Duro, editor, Il Dalmatico, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.a., →OCLC, page 311: “gombro 150: vomere / gomitu͡ọ́r B: vomitare / gomu͡ọ́r 42: vomere”

[1] Bartoli, p. 311

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