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 pi̇̀lti (“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, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem)

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	future	—		—		pluitō		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pluere			—			pluēns			—
perfect		pluisse, plūvisse			—			—			—
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