cunio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Cognate with Latin inquinō (“I pollute”), obscēnus (“filthy”), caenum (“mud”) and English whin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ni.oː/, [ˈkʊnioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ni.o/, [ˈkuːnio]
Verb edit
cuniō (present infinitive cunīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to defecate
Conjugation edit
References edit
- cunio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.