Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/(s)taō

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/staēō

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂- (“to steal”), see also Old Irish táid (“thief”), Sanskrit तायु (tāyú, “thief”), Avestan 𐬙𐬁𐬫𐬎 (tāyu, “thief”).

Verb

*(s)taō

1. to steal

Conjugation

Inflection of *(s)taō (third conjugation)
Present	*(s)taō
Perfect	—
Aorist	*(s)tāom
Past participle	*(s)tatos
Present indicative	Active	Passive
1st sing.	*(s)taō	*(s)taōr
2nd sing.	*(s)taes	*(s)taezo
3rd sing.	*(s)taet	*(s)taetor
1st plur.	*(s)taomos	*(s)taomor
2nd plur.	*(s)taetes	*(s)taem(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur.	*(s)taont	*(s)taontor
Present subjunctive	Active	Passive
1st sing.	*(s)taām	*(s)taār
2nd sing.	*(s)taās	*(s)taāzo
3rd sing.	*(s)taād	*(s)taātor
1st plur.	*(s)taāmos	*(s)taāmor
2nd plur.	*(s)taātes	*(s)taām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur.	*(s)taānd	*(s)taāntor
Perfect indicative	Active
1st sing.	—
2nd sing.	—
3rd sing.	—
1st plur.	—
2nd plur.	—
3rd plur.	—
Aorist indicative	Active
1st sing.	*(s)tāom
2nd sing.	*(s)tāes
3rd sing.	*(s)tāed
1st plur.	*(s)tāome
2nd plur.	*(s)tāete
3rd plur.	*(s)tāond
Present imperative	Active	Passive
2nd sing.	*(s)tae	*(s)taezo
2nd plur.	*(s)taete	—
Future imperative	Active
2nd + 3rd sing.	*(s)taetōd
Participles	Present	Past
	*(s)taents	*(s)tatos
Verbal nouns	tu-derivative	s-derivative
	*(s)tatum	*(s)taezi

Descendants

• Old Latin: (s)tatōd (3sg. imp.) (in the Duenos inscription)
• ⇒ Volscian: atahus (3sg. fut. perf.)