conspuo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ spuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.spu.oː/, [ˈkõːs̠puoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.spu.o/, [ˈkɔnspuo]

Verb

cōnspuō (present infinitive cōnspuere, perfect active cōnspuī, supine cōnspūtum); third conjugation

1. to spit upon or out (especially in contempt)

   Synonyms: spuō, spūtō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnspuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnspuō	cōnspuis	cōnspuit	cōnspuimus	cōnspuitis	cōnspuunt
	imperfect	cōnspuēbam	cōnspuēbās	cōnspuēbat	cōnspuēbāmus	cōnspuēbātis	cōnspuēbant
	future	cōnspuam	cōnspuēs	cōnspuet	cōnspuēmus	cōnspuētis	cōnspuent
	perfect	cōnspuī	cōnspuistī	cōnspuit	cōnspuimus	cōnspuistis	cōnspuērunt, cōnspuēre
	pluperfect	cōnspueram	cōnspuerās	cōnspuerat	cōnspuerāmus	cōnspuerātis	cōnspuerant
	future perfect	cōnspuerō	cōnspueris	cōnspuerit	cōnspuerimus	cōnspueritis	cōnspuerint
passive	present	cōnspuor	cōnspueris, cōnspuere	cōnspuitur	cōnspuimur	cōnspuiminī	cōnspuuntur
	imperfect	cōnspuēbar	cōnspuēbāris, cōnspuēbāre	cōnspuēbātur	cōnspuēbāmur	cōnspuēbāminī	cōnspuēbantur
	future	cōnspuar	cōnspuēris, cōnspuēre	cōnspuētur	cōnspuēmur	cōnspuēminī	cōnspuentur
	perfect	cōnspūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnspūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnspūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnspuam	cōnspuās	cōnspuat	cōnspuāmus	cōnspuātis	cōnspuant
	imperfect	cōnspuerem	cōnspuerēs	cōnspueret	cōnspuerēmus	cōnspuerētis	cōnspuerent
	perfect	cōnspuerim	cōnspuerīs	cōnspuerit	cōnspuerīmus	cōnspuerītis	cōnspuerint
	pluperfect	cōnspuissem	cōnspuissēs	cōnspuisset	cōnspuissēmus	cōnspuissētis	cōnspuissent
passive	present	cōnspuar	cōnspuāris, cōnspuāre	cōnspuātur	cōnspuāmur	cōnspuāminī	cōnspuantur
	imperfect	cōnspuerer	cōnspuerēris, cōnspuerēre	cōnspuerētur	cōnspuerēmur	cōnspuerēminī	cōnspuerentur
	perfect	cōnspūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnspūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnspue	—	—	cōnspuite	—
	future	—	cōnspuitō	cōnspuitō	—	cōnspuitōte	cōnspuuntō
passive	present	—	cōnspuere	—	—	cōnspuiminī	—
	future	—	cōnspuitor	cōnspuitor	—	—	cōnspuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnspuere	cōnspuisse	cōnspūtūrum esse	cōnspuī	cōnspūtum esse	cōnspūtum īrī
participles		cōnspuēns	—	cōnspūtūrus	—	cōnspūtus	cōnspuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnspuendī	cōnspuendō	cōnspuendum	cōnspuendō	cōnspūtum	cōnspūtū

Derived terms

• cōnspūtō

Descendants

• Asturian: cuspir
• → French: conspuer
• Galician: cuspir
• Portuguese: cuspir
• ⇒ Late Latin: *excōnspuere
  • Aromanian: ascuchiu
  • Catalan: escopir
  • Occitan: escupir
  • Romanian: scuipa
  • Spanish: escupir

References

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