sordeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swerdēō, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-éh₁-ye-ti, from *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”). Cognate with German schwarz, Dutch zwart, West Frisian swart, Danish sort, English swart.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.de.oː/, [ˈs̠ɔrd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.de.o/, [ˈsɔrd̪eo]

Verb

sordeō (present infinitive sordēre, perfect active sorduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be dirty, filthy or foul
2. (figuratively) to be mean or base
3. (figuratively) to be despised, slighted or held of no account

Conjugation

• The third principal part is shared with sordēscō.

Conjugation of sordeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sordeō	sordēs	sordet	sordēmus	sordētis	sordent
	imperfect	sordēbam	sordēbās	sordēbat	sordēbāmus	sordēbātis	sordēbant
	future	sordēbō	sordēbis	sordēbit	sordēbimus	sordēbitis	sordēbunt
	perfect	sorduī	sorduistī	sorduit	sorduimus	sorduistis	sorduērunt, sorduēre
	pluperfect	sordueram	sorduerās	sorduerat	sorduerāmus	sorduerātis	sorduerant
	future perfect	sorduerō	sordueris	sorduerit	sorduerimus	sordueritis	sorduerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sordeam	sordeās	sordeat	sordeāmus	sordeātis	sordeant
	imperfect	sordērem	sordērēs	sordēret	sordērēmus	sordērētis	sordērent
	perfect	sorduerim	sorduerīs	sorduerit	sorduerīmus	sorduerītis	sorduerint
	pluperfect	sorduissem	sorduissēs	sorduisset	sorduissēmus	sorduissētis	sorduissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sordē	—	—	sordēte	—
	future	—	sordētō	sordētō	—	sordētōte	sordentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sordēre	sorduisse	—	—	—	—
participles		sordēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sordendī	sordendō	sordendum	sordendō	—	—

Derived terms

• sordēs
• sordēscō
• sordidus

Related terms

• sordicula
• sordidātus
• sordidē
• sordidō
• sordidulus
• sorditiēs
• sorditūdō
• sordulentus

References

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