sordeo
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *swerdēō, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-éh₁-ye-ti, from *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”). Cognate with German schwarz, Dutch zwart, West Frisian swart, Danish sort, English swart.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsor.de.oː/, [ˈs̠ɔrd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsor.de.o/, [ˈsɔrd̪eo]
Verb
editsordeō (present infinitive sordēre, perfect active sorduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to be dirty, filthy or foul
- (figuratively) to be mean or base
- (figuratively) to be despised, slighted or held of no account
Conjugation
edit- The third principal part is shared with sordēscō.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “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.
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