futuo

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Related to fūstis.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.tu.oː/, [ˈfʊt̪uoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.tu.o/, [ˈfuːt̪uo]

Verb

futuō (present infinitive futuere, perfect active futuī, supine futūtum); third conjugation

(vulgar) to fuck, to have vaginal sex
- 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 9.69:
  Cum futuis, Polycharme, soles in fine cacare.
  When you fuck, Polycharmus, you are accustomed to defecating afterwards.
- 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 11.20:
  "Aut futue, aut pugnēmus" ait.
  "Either fuck me or let's fight," she says.
- c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 97.9:
  Hic futuit multas et se facit esse venustum
  He fucks lots of women, and makes himself out to be charming

Usage notes

Futuō is used in the sense of penetrating, not of being penetrated.

Conjugation

Conjugation of futuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	futuō	futuis		futuit	futuimus	futuitis		futuunt
	imperfect	futuēbam	futuēbās		futuēbat	futuēbāmus	futuēbātis		futuēbant
	future	futuam	futuēs		futuet	futuēmus	futuētis		futuent
	perfect	futuī	futuistī		futuit	futuimus	futuistis		futuēre, futuērunt
	pluperfect	futueram	futuerās		futuerat	futuerāmus	futuerātis		futuerant
	future perfect	futuerō	futueris		futuerit	futuerimus	futueritis		futuerint
passive	present	futuor	futuere, futueris		futuitur	futuimur	futuiminī		futuuntur
	imperfect	futuēbar	futuēbāre, futuēbāris		futuēbātur	futuēbāmur	futuēbāminī		futuēbantur
	future	futuar	futuēre, futuēris		futuētur	futuēmur	futuēminī		futuentur
	perfect	futūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	futūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	futūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	futuam	futuās		futuat	futuāmus	futuātis		futuant
	imperfect	futuerem	futuerēs		futueret	futuerēmus	futuerētis		futuerent
	perfect	futuerim	futuerīs		futuerit	futuerīmus	futuerītis		futuerint
	pluperfect	futuissem	futuissēs		futuisset	futuissēmus	futuissētis		futuissent
passive	present	futuar	futuāre, futuāris		futuātur	futuāmur	futuāminī		futuantur
	imperfect	futuerer	futuerēre, futuerēris		futuerētur	futuerēmur	futuerēminī		futuerentur
	perfect	futūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	futūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	futue		—	—	futuite		—
active	future	—	futuitō		futuitō	—	futuitōte		futuuntō
passive	present	—	futuere		—	—	futuiminī		—
passive	future	—	futuitor		futuitor	—	—		futuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		futuere		futuī		futuēns		—
future		futūtūrum esse		futūtum īrī		futūtūrus		futuendus
perfect		futuisse		futūtum esse		—		futūtus
future perfect		—		futūtum fore		—		—
perfect potential		futūtūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		futuendī	futuendō		futuendum	futuendō	futūtum		futūtū

Related terms

(have sexual intercourse):

Descendants

Aromanian: fut, futiri
Asturian: foder
Catalan: fotre
Old French: fotre
- Middle French: foutre
  - French: foutre
    - → Afrikaans: foeter
    - → English: fouter
    - → Switzerland German: foutieren
    - → Portuguese: futre
Friulian: foti
Italian: fottere
Occitan: fóter, fotre
Old Galician-Portuguese: foder
- Fala: jodel
- Galician: foder
- Portuguese: foder
Old Spanish: foder, fuder
- Spanish: joder, hoder
Romanian: fute, futere
Sardinian: fútere, futíre, futíri
Sicilian: fùttiri
Venetan: fotar

References

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