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sordeo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sordēs (dirt, filth) +‎ -eō.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sordeō (present infinitive sordēre, perfect active sorduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be dirty, filthy or foul
  2. (figuratively) to be mean or base
  3. (figuratively) to be despised, slighted or held of no account

Conjugation

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  • The third principal part is shared with sordēscō.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sordēs, -is”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “sordeo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 637

Further reading

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