suppedo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
sub- (“under”) + pēdō (“fart”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /supˈpeː.doː/, [s̠ʊpˈpeːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /supˈpe.do/, [supˈpɛːd̪o]
Verb edit
suppēdō (present infinitive suppēdere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to fart quietly
- 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.4:
- suppedit, flagitium est; iam si erit nudus in balneo, non reprehendes.
- [If] one farts quietly, it's an outrage; but if he's naked in a bath, you won't tell him off.
- suppedit, flagitium est; iam si erit nudus in balneo, non reprehendes.
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “suppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suppedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.