prurio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with prūna, pruīna. Source of English prurient.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpruː.ri.oː/, [ˈpruːrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpru.ri.o/, [ˈpruːrio]

Verb

prūriō (present infinitive prūrīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to itch or tingle
2. to long for

Conjugation

Conjugation of prūriō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prūriō	prūrīs	prūrit	prūrīmus	prūrītis	prūriunt
	imperfect	prūriēbam	prūriēbās	prūriēbat	prūriēbāmus	prūriēbātis	prūriēbant
	future	prūriam	prūriēs	prūriet	prūriēmus	prūriētis	prūrient
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prūriam	prūriās	prūriat	prūriāmus	prūriātis	prūriant
	imperfect	prūrīrem	prūrīrēs	prūrīret	prūrīrēmus	prūrīrētis	prūrīrent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prūrī	—	—	prūrīte	—
	future	—	prūrītō	prūrītō	—	prūrītōte	prūriuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prūrīre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		prūriēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prūriendī	prūriendō	prūriendum	prūriendō	—	—

Derived terms

• prūrīgō
• prūriosus
• prūrītus

Descendants

• Galician: proer, pruír
• Italian: prudere
• Portuguese: prurir, pruir
• Sicilian: prùriri

References

• “prurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prurio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.