pluit

Latin

Alternative forms

• pluō (takes a subject)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *plowō, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to flow, float, wash”), with a metaphorical usage of “to swim, float” to refer to pouring rain; see also Latin linter (“bath, trough, boat”), Ancient Greek πλύνω (plúnō, “to wash”), Lithuanian pìlti (“to pour”) and German fließen (“to flow”). See Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam, “to wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.it/, [ˈpɫ̪uɪt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.it/, [ˈpluːit̪]

Verb

pluit (present infinitive pluere, perfect active pluit or plūvit); third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

1. (impersonal) to rain; to be raining

Conjugation

Conjugation of pluit (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	pluit	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	pluēbat	—	—	—
	future	—	—	pluet	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	pluit, plūvit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	pluerat, plūverat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	pluerit, plūverit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	pluat	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	plueret	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	pluerit, plūverit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	pluisset, plūvisset	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	—	—	—	—
	future	—	—	pluitō	—	—	—
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pluere	pluisse, plūvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pluēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pluendī	pluendō	pluendum	pluendō	—	—

Derived terms

• impluit

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *plovere (see there for further descendants)

References

• “pluit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pluit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pluit in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung