deglubo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ glūbō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈɡluː.boː/, [d̪eːˈɡɫ̪uːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈɡlu.bo/, [d̪eˈɡluːbo]

Verb

dēglūbō (present infinitive dēglūbere, perfect active dēglūpsī, future participle dēglū̆ptūrus); third conjugation

1. to peel off; to shell; to husk
2. to flay; to skin
   • Suetonius in De Vita Caesarum, Book III. Tiberius, 32:2; English translation based on work of

     Praesidibus onerandas tributo provincias suadentibus rescripsit boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere.

     To the governors who recommended burdensome taxes for his provinces, he (Tiberius) wrote in answer that it was the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.

3. (vulgar, euphemistic) to masturbate a penis
   • c. 310 CE – c. 394 CE, Ausonius, Epigrams 79 Subscriptum Picturae Mulieris impudicae:

     Crispa tamen cunctas exercet corpore in uno: deglubit, fellat, molitur per utramque cavernam, ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat.

     Crispa, however, practises them all with one body: she masturbates, fellates, and is worked at either hole, lest she should die in vain leaving anything untried.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēglūbō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēglūbō	dēglūbis	dēglūbit	dēglūbimus	dēglūbitis	dēglūbunt
	imperfect	dēglūbēbam	dēglūbēbās	dēglūbēbat	dēglūbēbāmus	dēglūbēbātis	dēglūbēbant
	future	dēglūbam	dēglūbēs	dēglūbet	dēglūbēmus	dēglūbētis	dēglūbent
	perfect	dēglūpsī	dēglūpsistī	dēglūpsit	dēglūpsimus	dēglūpsistis	dēglūpsērunt, dēglūpsēre
	pluperfect	dēglūpseram	dēglūpserās	dēglūpserat	dēglūpserāmus	dēglūpserātis	dēglūpserant
	future perfect	dēglūpserō	dēglūpseris	dēglūpserit	dēglūpserimus	dēglūpseritis	dēglūpserint
passive	present	dēglūbor	dēglūberis, dēglūbere	dēglūbitur	dēglūbimur	dēglūbiminī	dēglūbuntur
	imperfect	dēglūbēbar	dēglūbēbāris, dēglūbēbāre	dēglūbēbātur	dēglūbēbāmur	dēglūbēbāminī	dēglūbēbantur
	future	dēglūbar	dēglūbēris, dēglūbēre	dēglūbētur	dēglūbēmur	dēglūbēminī	dēglūbentur
	perfect	dēglū̆ptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēglū̆ptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēglū̆ptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēglūbam	dēglūbās	dēglūbat	dēglūbāmus	dēglūbātis	dēglūbant
	imperfect	dēglūberem	dēglūberēs	dēglūberet	dēglūberēmus	dēglūberētis	dēglūberent
	perfect	dēglūpserim	dēglūpserīs	dēglūpserit	dēglūpserīmus	dēglūpserītis	dēglūpserint
	pluperfect	dēglūpsissem	dēglūpsissēs	dēglūpsisset	dēglūpsissēmus	dēglūpsissētis	dēglūpsissent
passive	present	dēglūbar	dēglūbāris, dēglūbāre	dēglūbātur	dēglūbāmur	dēglūbāminī	dēglūbantur
	imperfect	dēglūberer	dēglūberēris, dēglūberēre	dēglūberētur	dēglūberēmur	dēglūberēminī	dēglūberentur
	perfect	dēglū̆ptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēglū̆ptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēglūbe	—	—	dēglūbite	—
	future	—	dēglūbitō	dēglūbitō	—	dēglūbitōte	dēglūbuntō
passive	present	—	dēglūbere	—	—	dēglūbiminī	—
	future	—	dēglūbitor	dēglūbitor	—	—	dēglūbuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēglūbere	dēglūpsisse	dēglū̆ptūrum esse	dēglūbī	dēglū̆ptum esse	dēglū̆ptum īrī
participles		dēglūbēns	—	dēglū̆ptūrus	—	dēglū̆ptus	dēglūbendus, dēglūbundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēglūbendī	dēglūbendō	dēglūbendum	dēglūbendō	dēglū̆ptum	dēglū̆ptū

• As with glūbō, the perfect system of this verb is unattested in Classical Latin.

References

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