titubo

See also: titubò

Catalan

Verb

titubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of titubar

Italian

Verb

titubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of titubare

Latin

Etymology

From a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Compare Latin stupeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈti.tu.boː/, [ˈt̪ɪt̪ʊboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.tu.bo/, [ˈt̪iːt̪ubo]

Verb

titubō (present infinitive titubāre, perfect active titubāvī, supine titubātum); first conjugation

1. to stagger, totter, reel
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.539:

     cum redeunt, titubant et sunt spectācula volgī

     When they return, they stagger, and they're a [drunken] spectacle for onlookers
     (The ancient Romans celebrated the festival of Anna Perenna on the Ides of March.)

2. to hesitate, falter, waver

Conjugation

Conjugation of titubō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	titubō	titubās	titubat	titubāmus	titubātis	titubant
	imperfect	titubābam	titubābās	titubābat	titubābāmus	titubābātis	titubābant
	future	titubābō	titubābis	titubābit	titubābimus	titubābitis	titubābunt
	perfect	titubāvī	titubāvistī	titubāvit	titubāvimus	titubāvistis	titubāvērunt, titubāvēre
	pluperfect	titubāveram	titubāverās	titubāverat	titubāverāmus	titubāverātis	titubāverant
	future perfect	titubāverō	titubāveris	titubāverit	titubāverimus	titubāveritis	titubāverint
passive	present	titubor	titubāris, titubāre	titubātur	titubāmur	titubāminī	titubantur
	imperfect	titubābar	titubābāris, titubābāre	titubābātur	titubābāmur	titubābāminī	titubābantur
	future	titubābor	titubāberis, titubābere	titubābitur	titubābimur	titubābiminī	titubābuntur
	perfect	titubātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	titubātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	titubātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	titubem	titubēs	titubet	titubēmus	titubētis	titubent
	imperfect	titubārem	titubārēs	titubāret	titubārēmus	titubārētis	titubārent
	perfect	titubāverim	titubāverīs	titubāverit	titubāverīmus	titubāverītis	titubāverint
	pluperfect	titubāvissem	titubāvissēs	titubāvisset	titubāvissēmus	titubāvissētis	titubāvissent
passive	present	tituber	titubēris, titubēre	titubētur	titubēmur	titubēminī	titubentur
	imperfect	titubārer	titubārēris, titubārēre	titubārētur	titubārēmur	titubārēminī	titubārentur
	perfect	titubātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	titubātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	titubā	—	—	titubāte	—
	future	—	titubātō	titubātō	—	titubātōte	titubantō
passive	present	—	titubāre	—	—	titubāminī	—
	future	—	titubātor	titubātor	—	—	titubantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		titubāre	titubāvisse	titubātūrum esse	titubārī	titubātum esse	titubātum īrī
participles		titubāns	—	titubātūrus	—	titubātus	titubandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		titubandī	titubandō	titubandum	titubandō	titubātum	titubātū

Derived terms

• titubātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: titubar
• English: titubate
• French: tituber
• Galician: titubear
• Italian: titubare
• Spanish: titubear
• Portuguese: titubear

References

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

Spanish

Verb

titubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of titubar