battuo

Latin

Alternative forms

• bātuō

Etymology

Unknown, rare in literary Latin. Perhaps from Gaulish or Germanic, ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”), or a separate root *bʰat- (“to hit”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Welsh bathu (“beat”), Old English beadu (“battle”), and the latter half of Latin andabata, as well as perhaps Sanskrit भल्ल (bhalla, “arrowhead, missile”). Doublet of battō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbat.tu.oː/, [ˈbät̪ːuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbat.tu.o/, [ˈbät̪ːuo]

Verb

battuō (present infinitive battuere, perfect active battuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. (very rare) to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
   • c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 2.8.60
   • c. 400 CE, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis 36
   • 230 CE, De re culinaria 4.2.108
2. to fence, play fencing; to fight
   • 121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars Calig 54
   • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.4
3. to bang (have sex with)

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Inflection

   Conjugation of battuō (third conjugation, no supine stem)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	battuō	battuis	battuit	battuimus	battuitis	battuunt
	imperfect	battuēbam	battuēbās	battuēbat	battuēbāmus	battuēbātis	battuēbant
	future	battuam	battuēs	battuet	battuēmus	battuētis	battuent
	perfect	battuī	battuistī	battuit	battuimus	battuistis	battuērunt, battuēre
	pluperfect	battueram	battuerās	battuerat	battuerāmus	battuerātis	battuerant
	future perfect	battuerō	battueris	battuerit	battuerimus	battueritis	battuerint
passive	present	battuor	battueris, battuere	battuitur	battuimur	battuiminī	battuuntur
	imperfect	battuēbar	battuēbāris, battuēbāre	battuēbātur	battuēbāmur	battuēbāminī	battuēbantur
	future	battuar	battuēris, battuēre	battuētur	battuēmur	battuēminī	battuentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	battuam	battuās	battuat	battuāmus	battuātis	battuant
imperfect	battuerem	battuerēs	battueret	battuerēmus	battuerētis	battuerent
perfect	battuerim	battuerīs	battuerit	battuerīmus	battuerītis	battuerint
pluperfect	battuissem	battuissēs	battuisset	battuissēmus	battuissētis	battuissent
passive	present	battuar	battuāris, battuāre	battuātur	battuāmur	battuāminī	battuantur
imperfect	battuerer	battuerēris, battuerēre	battuerētur	battuerēmur	battuerēminī	battuerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	battue	—	—	battuite	—
	future	—	battuitō	battuitō	—	battuitōte	battuuntō
passive	present	—	battuere	—	—	battuiminī	—
	future	—	battuitor	battuitor	—	—	battuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		battuere	battuisse	—	battuī	—	—
participles		battuēns	—	—	—	—	battuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		battuendī	battuendō	battuendum	battuendō	—	—

Derived terms

• battuālia
• battuārium

Descendants

• see: battō

References

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