prurio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with prūna, pruīna. Source of English prurient.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpruː.ri.oː/, [ˈpruːrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpru.ri.o/, [ˈpruːrio]

Verb

prūriō (present infinitive prūrīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to itch or tingle
2. to long for

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prūriō (fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prūriō		prūrīs		prūrit		prūrīmus		prūrītis		prūriunt
	imperfect	prūriēbam		prūriēbās		prūriēbat		prūriēbāmus		prūriēbātis		prūriēbant
	future	prūriam		prūriēs		prūriet		prūriēmus		prūriētis		prūrient
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prūriam		prūriās		prūriat		prūriāmus		prūriātis		prūriant
	imperfect	prūrīrem		prūrīrēs		prūrīret		prūrīrēmus		prūrīrētis		prūrīrent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prūrī		—		—		prūrīte		—
	future	—		prūrītō		prūrītō		—		prūrītōte		prūriuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prūrīre			—			prūriēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prūriendī		prūriendō		prūriendum		prūriendō		—		—

Derived terms

• prūrīgō
• prūriosus
• prūrītus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: prudere
  • Sicilian: prùriri
• North-Italian:
  • Piedmontese: pruì
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: pruir
  • Occitan:
    • Gascon: prúder, prúser
    • Languedocien: prusir, prúser
    • Limousin: prúser, prure
    • Provençal: prusir
    • Vivaro-Alpine: prusir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: proer, pruír
  • Portuguese: pruir
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: prurir

References

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