Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *kēweō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w-éye-ti, the *e-grade iterative of *keh₁w- (to swing).

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kyvati (to nod).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cēveō (present infinitive cēvēre, perfect active cēvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (vulgar) to move one's haunches; to be penetrated anally
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.95:
      Sed pedicaris, sed pulchre, Naevole, ceves
      But you get fucked, Naevolus, and you bottom beautifully
  2. (figuratively) to fawn, flatter

Usage notes edit

  • Cēveō is a word for the action of the penetrated party in anal sex, as opposed to crīsō for the same during vaginal sex, futuō for the act of vaginal penetration, and pēdīcō for the act of anal penetration; irrumō refers to violent oral penile insertion ("skull-fucking") and fēllō to the oral stimulation of the penis ("sucking").

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of cēveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cēveō cēvēs cēvet cēvēmus cēvētis cēvent
imperfect cēvēbam cēvēbās cēvēbat cēvēbāmus cēvēbātis cēvēbant
future cēvēbō cēvēbis cēvēbit cēvēbimus cēvēbitis cēvēbunt
perfect cēvī cēvistī cēvit cēvimus cēvistis cēvērunt,
cēvēre
pluperfect cēveram cēverās cēverat cēverāmus cēverātis cēverant
future perfect cēverō cēveris cēverit cēverimus cēveritis cēverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cēveam cēveās cēveat cēveāmus cēveātis cēveant
imperfect cēvērem cēvērēs cēvēret cēvērēmus cēvērētis cēvērent
perfect cēverim cēverīs cēverit cēverīmus cēverītis cēverint
pluperfect cēvissem cēvissēs cēvisset cēvissēmus cēvissētis cēvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cēvē cēvēte
future cēvētō cēvētō cēvētōte cēventō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cēvēre cēvisse
participles cēvēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cēvendī cēvendō cēvendum cēvendō

References edit

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*keh₁u-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
  • ceveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ceveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ceveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.