lippio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- 'to smear, stick'. See lippus (“bleary-eyed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.pi.oː/, [ˈlʲɪpːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.pi.o/, [ˈlipːio]

Verb

lippiō (present infinitive lippīre, perfect active lippīvī, supine lippītum); fourth conjugation, no passive

1. to have bleary, rheumy, watery or inflamed eyes
2. (figuratively) to water, tear up
   • Plautus, Curculio, 2.3:

     Lippiunt fauces fame.

     My jaws are tearing up with hunger.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lippiō (fourth conjugation, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lippiō	lippīs	lippit	lippīmus	lippītis	lippiunt
	imperfect	lippiēbam	lippiēbās	lippiēbat	lippiēbāmus	lippiēbātis	lippiēbant
	future	lippiam	lippiēs	lippiet	lippiēmus	lippiētis	lippient
	perfect	lippīvī	lippīvistī	lippīvit	lippīvimus	lippīvistis	lippīvērunt, lippīvēre
	pluperfect	lippīveram	lippīverās	lippīverat	lippīverāmus	lippīverātis	lippīverant
	future perfect	lippīverō	lippīveris	lippīverit	lippīverimus	lippīveritis	lippīverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lippiam	lippiās	lippiat	lippiāmus	lippiātis	lippiant
imperfect	lippīrem	lippīrēs	lippīret	lippīrēmus	lippīrētis	lippīrent
perfect	lippīverim	lippīverīs	lippīverit	lippīverīmus	lippīverītis	lippīverint
pluperfect	lippīvissem	lippīvissēs	lippīvisset	lippīvissēmus	lippīvissētis	lippīvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lippī	—	—	lippīte	—
	future	—	lippītō	lippītō	—	lippītōte	lippiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lippīre	lippīvisse	lippītūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		lippiēns	—	lippītūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lippiendī	lippiendō	lippiendum	lippiendō	lippītum	lippītū

References

• “lippio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lippio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers