pluo
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.oː/, [ˈpɫ̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.o/, [ˈpluːo]
Verb edit
pluō (present infinitive pluere, perfect active pluī or plūvī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- Alternative form of pluit (“rain”)
- 44 BCE, Cicero, De Divinatione, section 2.58:
- Sanguinem pluisse senatui nuntiatum est, Atratum etiam fluvium fluxisse sanguine, deorum sudasse simulacra.
- It was reported to the senate that blood had rained down, that even the river Atratus had overflowed with blood, and that the statues of the gods had given off sweat.
Usage notes edit
Takes a subject, unlike the impersonal pluit.
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pluit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- pluo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1745
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
pluo (first-person singular present pluaf)
- (transitive) to pluck
- (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to con
- (transitive) to tie (fishing flies)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | pluaf | plui | plu, plua | pluwn | pluwch | pluant | pluir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
pluwn | pluit | pluai | pluem | pluech | pluent | pluid | |
preterite | pluais | pluaist | pluodd | pluasom | pluasoch | pluasant | pluwyd | |
pluperfect | pluaswn | pluasit | pluasai | pluasem | pluasech | pluasent | pluasid, pluesid | |
present subjunctive | pluwyf | pluych | pluo | pluom | pluoch | pluont | pluer | |
imperative | — | plu, plua | plued | pluwn | pluwch | pluent | pluer | |
verbal noun | pluo | |||||||
verbal adjectives | pluedig pluadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | plua i, pluaf i | plui di | pluith o/e/hi, pluiff e/hi | pluwn ni | pluwch chi | pluan nhw |
conditional | pluwn i, pluswn i | pluet ti, pluset ti | pluai fo/fe/hi, plusai fo/fe/hi | pluen ni, plusen ni | pluech chi, plusech chi | pluen nhw, plusen nhw |
preterite | pluais i, plues i | pluaist ti, pluest ti | pluodd o/e/hi | pluon ni | pluoch chi | pluon nhw |
imperative | — | plua | — | — | pluwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pluo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies