Latin edit

Etymology edit

From re- +‎ spuō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

respuō (present infinitive respuere, perfect active respuī, supine respūtum); third conjugation

  1. to spit or spew out
  2. to reject or refuse

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of respuō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present respuō respuis respuit respuimus respuitis respuunt
imperfect respuēbam respuēbās respuēbat respuēbāmus respuēbātis respuēbant
future respuam respuēs respuet respuēmus respuētis respuent
perfect respuī respuistī respuit respuimus respuistis respuērunt,
respuēre
pluperfect respueram respuerās respuerat respuerāmus respuerātis respuerant
future perfect respuerō respueris respuerit respuerimus respueritis respuerint
passive present respuor respueris,
respuere
respuitur respuimur respuiminī respuuntur
imperfect respuēbar respuēbāris,
respuēbāre
respuēbātur respuēbāmur respuēbāminī respuēbantur
future respuar respuēris,
respuēre
respuētur respuēmur respuēminī respuentur
perfect respūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect respūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect respūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present respuam respuās respuat respuāmus respuātis respuant
imperfect respuerem respuerēs respueret respuerēmus respuerētis respuerent
perfect respuerim respuerīs respuerit respuerīmus respuerītis respuerint
pluperfect respuissem respuissēs respuisset respuissēmus respuissētis respuissent
passive present respuar respuāris,
respuāre
respuātur respuāmur respuāminī respuantur
imperfect respuerer respuerēris,
respuerēre
respuerētur respuerēmur respuerēminī respuerentur
perfect respūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect respūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present respue respuite
future respuitō respuitō respuitōte respuuntō
passive present respuere respuiminī
future respuitor respuitor respuuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives respuere respuisse respūtūrum esse respuī respūtum esse respūtum īrī
participles respuēns respūtūrus respūtus respuendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
respuendī respuendō respuendum respuendō respūtum respūtū

References edit

  • respuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • respuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • respuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)