depso
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέψω (dépsō), a variant of δέφω (déphō).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdep.soː/, [ˈd̪ɛps̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdep.so/, [ˈd̪ɛpso]
Verb edit
depsō (present infinitive depsere, perfect active depsuī, supine depstum); third conjugation
- to knead
- to dress leather by rubbing and squeezing
- to have improper sex (masturbate?)
- to dishonour
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “depso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “depso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- depso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.