rhoncho

Latin

Alternative forms

• roncō, ronchō

Etymology

From rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈron.kʰoː/, [ˈrɔŋkʰoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈron.ko/, [ˈrɔŋko]

Verb

rhonchō (present infinitive rhonchāre, perfect active rhonchāvī, supine rhonchātum); first conjugation

1. to snore, snort

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rhonchō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rhonchō	rhonchās	rhonchat	rhonchāmus	rhonchātis	rhonchant
	imperfect	rhonchābam	rhonchābās	rhonchābat	rhonchābāmus	rhonchābātis	rhonchābant
	future	rhonchābō	rhonchābis	rhonchābit	rhonchābimus	rhonchābitis	rhonchābunt
	perfect	rhonchāvī	rhonchāvistī	rhonchāvit	rhonchāvimus	rhonchāvistis	rhonchāvērunt, rhonchāvēre
	pluperfect	rhonchāveram	rhonchāverās	rhonchāverat	rhonchāverāmus	rhonchāverātis	rhonchāverant
	future perfect	rhonchāverō	rhonchāveris	rhonchāverit	rhonchāverimus	rhonchāveritis	rhonchāverint
passive	present	rhonchor	rhonchāris, rhonchāre	rhonchātur	rhonchāmur	rhonchāminī	rhonchantur
	imperfect	rhonchābar	rhonchābāris, rhonchābāre	rhonchābātur	rhonchābāmur	rhonchābāminī	rhonchābantur
	future	rhonchābor	rhonchāberis, rhonchābere	rhonchābitur	rhonchābimur	rhonchābiminī	rhonchābuntur
	perfect	rhonchātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rhonchātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rhonchātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rhonchem	rhonchēs	rhonchet	rhonchēmus	rhonchētis	rhonchent
	imperfect	rhonchārem	rhonchārēs	rhonchāret	rhonchārēmus	rhonchārētis	rhonchārent
	perfect	rhonchāverim	rhonchāverīs	rhonchāverit	rhonchāverīmus	rhonchāverītis	rhonchāverint
	pluperfect	rhonchāvissem	rhonchāvissēs	rhonchāvisset	rhonchāvissēmus	rhonchāvissētis	rhonchāvissent
passive	present	rhoncher	rhonchēris, rhonchēre	rhonchētur	rhonchēmur	rhonchēminī	rhonchentur
	imperfect	rhonchārer	rhonchārēris, rhonchārēre	rhonchārētur	rhonchārēmur	rhonchārēminī	rhonchārentur
	perfect	rhonchātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	rhonchātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rhonchā	—	—	rhonchāte	—
	future	—	rhonchātō	rhonchātō	—	rhonchātōte	rhonchantō
passive	present	—	rhonchāre	—	—	rhonchāminī	—
	future	—	rhonchātor	rhonchātor	—	—	rhonchantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rhonchāre	rhonchāvisse	rhonchātūrum esse	rhonchārī	rhonchātum esse	rhonchātum īrī
participles		rhonchāns	—	rhonchātūrus	—	rhonchātus	rhonchandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rhonchandī	rhonchandō	rhonchandum	rhonchandō	rhonchātum	rhonchātū

Descendants

• Catalan: roncar
• Galician: roncar
• Occitan: roncar
• Old French: ronchier, runkier
  • →? Middle English: runken
    • English: runk
  • ⇒ French: ronchonner
• Portuguese: roncar
• Spanish: roncar

References

• “rhoncho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rhoncho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.