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feteo

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-. See also Latin furvus (dark, swarthy), fūmus (smoke), fūlīgō (soot) and fimus.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fēteō (present infinitive fētēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to have a bad smell, stink

Conjugation

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No perfect or supine forms.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italo-Romance: (via a variant *fĕtĕre):
    • Italian: fetere
    • Neapolitan: fetere
    • Sicilian: fètiri
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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  • feteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • feteo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.