vomo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wemō, from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Sanskrit वमति (vamati), Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.moː/, [ˈu̯ɔmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.mo/, [ˈvɔːmo]

Verb

vomō (present infinitive vomere, perfect active vomuī, supine vomitum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive) to be sick; to vomit, puke, throw up; discharge
2. (transitive) to vomit up or forth; discharge, emit

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vomō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vomō		vomis		vomit		vomimus		vomitis		vomunt
	imperfect	vomēbam		vomēbās		vomēbat		vomēbāmus		vomēbātis		vomēbant
	future	vomam		vomēs		vomet		vomēmus		vomētis		voment
	perfect	vomuī		vomuistī		vomuit		vomuimus		vomuistis		vomuēre, vomuērunt
	pluperfect	vomueram		vomuerās		vomuerat		vomuerāmus		vomuerātis		vomuerant
	future perfect	vomuerō		vomueris		vomuerit		vomuerimus		vomueritis		vomuerint
passive	present	vomor		vomere, vomeris		vomitur		vomimur		vomiminī		vomuntur
	imperfect	vomēbar		vomēbāre, vomēbāris		vomēbātur		vomēbāmur		vomēbāminī		vomēbantur
	future	vomar		vomēre, vomēris		vomētur		vomēmur		vomēminī		vomentur
	perfect	vomitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vomitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vomitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vomam		vomās		vomat		vomāmus		vomātis		vomant
	imperfect	vomerem		vomerēs		vomeret		vomerēmus		vomerētis		vomerent
	perfect	vomuerim		vomuerīs		vomuerit		vomuerīmus		vomuerītis		vomuerint
	pluperfect	vomuissem		vomuissēs		vomuisset		vomuissēmus		vomuissētis		vomuissent
passive	present	vomar		vomāre, vomāris		vomātur		vomāmur		vomāminī		vomantur
	imperfect	vomerer		vomerēre, vomerēris		vomerētur		vomerēmur		vomerēminī		vomerentur
	perfect	vomitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vomitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vome		—		—		vomite		—
	future	—		vomitō		vomitō		—		vomitōte		vomuntō
passive	present	—		vomere		—		—		vomiminī		—
	future	—		vomitor		vomitor		—		—		vomuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vomere			vomī			vomēns			—
future		vomitūrum esse			vomitum īrī			vomitūrus			vomendus, vomundus
perfect		vomuisse			vomitum esse			—			vomitus
future perfect		—			vomitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vomitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vomendī		vomendō		vomendum		vomendō		vomitum		vomitū

Derived terms

• vomāx
• vomica
• vomificus
• vomitiō
• vomitō
• vomitor
• vomitōrius
• vomitus

Related terms

• vomicōsus
• vomicus
• vomifluus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: vom, vomu, zvom, zvomu, voamiri
  • Megleno-Romanian: vom
  • Romanian: voame
• Dalmatian: gombro, gomuor (< *vom-āre)
• French: vomir
• Italian: vomere
• Norman: vômi (Jersey)
• Occitan: vomir

References

• “vomo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vomo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vomo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (2000) Aldo Duro, editor, Il Dalmatico, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.a., →OCLC, page 311: “gombro 150: vomere / gomitu͡ọ́r B: vomitare / gomu͡ọ́r 42: vomere”