ceveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kēwēō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w-éye-ti, the *e-grade iterative of *keh₁w- (“to swing”).

Cognate with Czech kývat (“swing”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

cēveō (present infinitive cēvēre, perfect active cēvī); second conjugation, no passive

  1. I move my haunches; I am penetrated anally.
  2. (figuratively) I fawn, flatter.

Usage notes

Inflection
   Conjugation of ceveo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cēveō cēvēs cēvet cēvēmus cēvētis cēvent
imperfect cēvēbam cēvēbās cēvēbat cēvēbāmus cēvēbātis cēvēbant
future cēvēbō cēvēbis cēvēbit cēvēbimus cēvēbitis cēvēbunt
perfect cēvī cēvistī cēvit cēvimus cēvistis cēvērunt, cēvēre
pluperfect cēveram cēverās cēverat cēverāmus cēverātis cēverant
future perfect cēverō cēveris cēverit cēverimus cēveritis cēverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cēveam cēveās cēveat cēveāmus cēveātis cēveant
imperfect cēvērem cēvērēs cēvēret cēvērēmus cēvērētis cēvērent
perfect cēverim cēverīs cēverit cēverimus cēveritis cēverint
pluperfect cēvissem cēvissēs cēvisset cēvissēmus cēvissētis cēvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cēvē — — cēvēte —
future — cēvētō cēvētō — cēvētōte cēventō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cēvēre cēvisse — — — —
participles cēvēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
cēvēre cēvendī cēvendō cēvendum — —

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*keh₁u-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cēveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 112
  • ceveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ceveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ceveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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