ceveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kēweō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w-éye-ti, the *e-grade iterative of *keh₁w- (“to swing”).

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.u̯e.oː/, [ˈkeːu̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ve.o/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːveo]

Verb

cēveō (present infinitive cēvēre, perfect active cēvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (vulgar) to move one's haunches; to be penetrated anally
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.95:

     Sed pedicaris, sed pulchre, Naevole, ceves

     But you get fucked, Naevolus, and you bottom beautifully

2. (figuratively) to fawn, flatter

Usage notes

• Cēveō is a word for the action of the penetrated party in anal sex, as opposed to crīsō for the same during vaginal sex, futuō for the act of vaginal penetration, and pēdīcō for the act of anal penetration; irrumō refers to violent oral penile insertion ("skull-fucking") and fēllō to the oral stimulation of the penis ("sucking").

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cēveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cēveō	cēvēs	cēvet	cēvēmus	cēvētis	cēvent
	imperfect	cēvēbam	cēvēbās	cēvēbat	cēvēbāmus	cēvēbātis	cēvēbant
	future	cēvēbō	cēvēbis	cēvēbit	cēvēbimus	cēvēbitis	cēvēbunt
	perfect	cēvī	cēvistī	cēvit	cēvimus	cēvistis	cēvērunt, cēvēre
	pluperfect	cēveram	cēverās	cēverat	cēverāmus	cēverātis	cēverant
	future perfect	cēverō	cēveris	cēverit	cēverimus	cēveritis	cēverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cēveam	cēveās	cēveat	cēveāmus	cēveātis	cēveant
	imperfect	cēvērem	cēvērēs	cēvēret	cēvērēmus	cēvērētis	cēvērent
	perfect	cēverim	cēverīs	cēverit	cēverīmus	cēverītis	cēverint
	pluperfect	cēvissem	cēvissēs	cēvisset	cēvissēmus	cēvissētis	cēvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cēvē	—	—	cēvēte	—
	future	—	cēvētō	cēvētō	—	cēvētōte	cēventō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cēvēre	cēvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		cēvēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cēvendī	cēvendō	cēvendum	cēvendō	—	—

References

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