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suppedo

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Latin

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Etymology

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sub- (under) +‎ pēdō (fart)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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suppēdō (present infinitive suppēdere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to fart quietly
    • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.4:
      suppedit, flagitium est; iam si erit nudus in balneo, non reprehendes.
      [If] one farts quietly, it's an outrage; but if he's naked in a bath, you won't tell him off.

Conjugation

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References

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