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esurio

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From edō (I eat) +‎ -turiō (desiderative suffix).

Verb

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ēsuriō (present infinitive ēsurīre, perfect active ēsurīvī or ēsuriī, supine ēsurītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to be hungry, to hunger for something
    ēsurīsne? - (Ita) ēsuriō.
    Are you hungry? - (Yes) I am hungry.
Conjugation
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Descendants
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From the present participle ēsuriens:

  • English: esurient
See also
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Etymology 2

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From ēsuriō (to be hungry) +‎ .

Noun

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ēsuriō m (genitive ēsuriōnis); third declension

  1. a person that is hungry, a hungry man
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ēsuriō ēsuriōnēs
genitive ēsuriōnis ēsuriōnum
dative ēsuriōnī ēsuriōnibus
accusative ēsuriōnem ēsuriōnēs
ablative ēsuriōne ēsuriōnibus
vocative ēsuriō ēsuriōnēs

References

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  • esurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • esurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • esurio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be hungry: esurire