retundo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ tundo (“to strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈtun.doː/, [rɛˈt̪ʊn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈtun.do/, [reˈt̪un̪d̪o]

Verb

retundō (present infinitive retundere, perfect active rettudī or retudī, supine retūsum or retūnsum); third conjugation

1. to beat back, drive back
2. to restrain, check
3. to hammer back (something sharp), blunt or dull
4. to deaden, weaken, frustrate

Conjugation

• Note: Perfect forms may also be of the form retud-
• Note: Supine forms and participles may also be of the form retūs-

   Conjugation of retundō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	retundō		retundis		retundit		retundimus		retunditis		retundunt
	imperfect	retundēbam		retundēbās		retundēbat		retundēbāmus		retundēbātis		retundēbant
	future	retundam		retundēs		retundet		retundēmus		retundētis		retundent
	perfect	rettudī, retudī		rettudistī, retudistī		rettudit, retudit		rettudimus, retudimus		rettudistis, retudistis		rettudēre, rettudērunt, retudērunt, retudēre
	pluperfect	rettuderam, retuderam		rettuderās, retuderās		rettuderat, retuderat		rettuderāmus, retuderāmus		rettuderātis, retuderātis		rettuderant, retuderant
	future perfect	rettuderō, retuderō		rettuderis, retuderis		rettuderit, retuderit		rettuderimus, retuderimus		rettuderitis, retuderitis		rettuderint, retuderint
passive	present	retundor		retundere, retunderis		retunditur		retundimur		retundiminī		retunduntur
	imperfect	retundēbar		retundēbāre, retundēbāris		retundēbātur		retundēbāmur		retundēbāminī		retundēbantur
	future	retundar		retundēre, retundēris		retundētur		retundēmur		retundēminī		retundentur
	perfect	retūsus or retūnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	retūsus or retūnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	retūsus or retūnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	retundam		retundās		retundat		retundāmus		retundātis		retundant
	imperfect	retunderem		retunderēs		retunderet		retunderēmus		retunderētis		retunderent
	perfect	rettuderim, retuderim		rettuderīs, retuderīs		rettuderit, retuderit		rettuderīmus, retuderīmus		rettuderītis, retuderītis		rettuderint, retuderint
	pluperfect	rettudissem, retudissem		rettudissēs, retudissēs		rettudisset, retudisset		rettudissēmus, retudissēmus		rettudissētis, retudissētis		rettudissent, retudissent
passive	present	retundar		retundāre, retundāris		retundātur		retundāmur		retundāminī		retundantur
	imperfect	retunderer		retunderēre, retunderēris		retunderētur		retunderēmur		retunderēminī		retunderentur
	perfect	retūsus or retūnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	retūsus or retūnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		retunde		—		—		retundite		—
	future	—		retunditō		retunditō		—		retunditōte		retunduntō
passive	present	—		retundere		—		—		retundiminī		—
	future	—		retunditor		retunditor		—		—		retunduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		retundere			retundī			retundēns			—
future		retūsūrum esse, retūnsūrum esse			retūsum īrī, retūnsum īrī			retūsūrus, retūnsūrus			retundendus, retundundus
perfect		rettudisse, retudisse			retūsum esse, retūnsum esse			—			retūsus, retūnsus
future perfect		—			retūsum fore, retūnsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		retūsūrum fuisse, retūnsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		retundendī		retundendō		retundendum		retundendō		retūsum, retūnsum		retūsū, retūnsū

Related terms

• retūsus (“blunt, retuse”)

References

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

Spanish

Verb

retundo

1. first-person singular present indicative of retundir