pluo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.oː/, [ˈpɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.o/, [ˈpluːo]

Verb

pluō (present infinitive pluere, perfect active pluī or plūvī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. Alternative form of pluit (“rain”)
   • 44 BCE, Cicero, De Divinatione, section 2.58:

     Sanguinem pluisse senatui nuntiatum est, Atratum etiam fluvium fluxisse sanguine, deorum sudasse simulacra.

     It was reported to the senate that blood had rained down, that even the river Atratus had overflowed with blood, and that the statues of the gods had given off sweat.

Usage notes

Takes a subject, unlike the impersonal pluit.

Conjugation

• Perfect plūvī is Archaic.

Conjugation of pluō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pluō	pluis	pluit	pluimus	pluitis	pluunt
	imperfect	pluēbam	pluēbās	pluēbat	pluēbāmus	pluēbātis	pluēbant
	future	pluam	pluēs	pluet	pluēmus	pluētis	pluent
	perfect	pluī, plūvī	pluistī, plūvistī	pluit, plūvit	pluimus, plūvimus	pluistis, plūvistis	pluērunt, pluēre, plūvērunt, plūvēre
	pluperfect	plueram, plūveram	pluerās, plūverās	pluerat, plūverat	pluerāmus, plūverāmus	pluerātis, plūverātis	pluerant, plūverant
	future perfect	pluerō, plūverō	plueris, plūveris	pluerit, plūverit	pluerimus, plūverimus	plueritis, plūveritis	pluerint, plūverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pluam	pluās	pluat	pluāmus	pluātis	pluant
	imperfect	pluerem	pluerēs	plueret	pluerēmus	pluerētis	pluerent
	perfect	pluerim, plūverim	pluerīs, plūverīs	pluerit, plūverit	pluerīmus, plūverīmus	pluerītis, plūverītis	pluerint, plūverint
	pluperfect	pluissem, plūvissem	pluissēs, plūvissēs	pluisset, plūvisset	pluissēmus, plūvissēmus	pluissētis, plūvissētis	pluissent, plūvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	plue	—	—	pluite	—
	future	—	pluitō	pluitō	—	pluitōte	pluuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pluere	pluisse, plūvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pluēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pluendī	pluendō	pluendum	pluendō	—	—

References

• “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pluit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pluo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1745

Welsh

Alternative forms

• plufo, plufio

Etymology

plu +‎ -o

Verb

pluo (first-person singular present pluaf)

1. (transitive) to pluck
2. (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to con
3. (transitive) to tie (fishing flies)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	pluaf	plui	plu, plua	pluwn	pluwch	pluant	pluir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	pluwn	pluit	pluai	pluem	pluech	pluent	pluid
preterite	pluais	pluaist	pluodd	pluasom	pluasoch	pluasant	pluwyd
pluperfect	pluaswn	pluasit	pluasai	pluasem	pluasech	pluasent	pluasid, pluesid
present subjunctive	pluwyf	pluych	pluo	pluom	pluoch	pluont	pluer
imperative	—	plu, plua	plued	pluwn	pluwch	pluent	pluer
verbal noun	pluo
verbal adjectives	pluedig pluadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	plua i, pluaf i	plui di	pluith o/e/hi, pluiff e/hi	pluwn ni	pluwch chi	pluan nhw
conditional	pluwn i, pluswn i	pluet ti, pluset ti	pluai fo/fe/hi, plusai fo/fe/hi	pluen ni, plusen ni	pluech chi, plusech chi	pluen nhw, plusen nhw
preterite	pluais i, plues i	pluaist ti, pluest ti	pluodd o/e/hi	pluon ni	pluoch chi	pluon nhw
imperative	—	plua	—	—	pluwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• pluo ei nyth
• pluo eira
• pluwr

 

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pluo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies