frigutio

Latin

Alternative forms
  • frigūttiō, fringūtiō, frigūltiō, fringūltiō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with English bark, Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”) and Serbo-Croatian brgljati (“to murmur”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /friˈɡuː.ti.oː/, [frɪˈɡuː.ti.oː]

Verb

frigūtiō (present infinitive frigūtīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine forms

  1. (intransitive, of birds) I chirp, twitter
  2. (extensive) I stammer, stutter

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

   Conjugation of frigutio (fourth conjugation, defective, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frigūtiō frigūtīs frigūtit frigūtīmus frigūtītis frigūtiunt
imperfect frigūtiēbam frigūtiēbās frigūtiēbat frigūtiēbāmus frigūtiēbātis frigūtiēbant
future frigūtiam frigūtiēs frigūtiet frigūtiēmus frigūtiētis frigūtient
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frigūtiam frigūtiās frigūtiat frigūtiāmus frigūtiātis frigūtiant
imperfect frigūtīrem frigūtīrēs frigūtīret frigūtīrēmus frigūtīrētis frigūtīrent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — frigūtī — — frigūtīte —
future — frigūtītō frigūtītō — frigūtītōte frigūtiuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives frigūtīre — — — — —
participles frigūtiēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
frigūtīre frigūtiendī frigūtiendō frigūtiendum — —

References
  • frigutio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frigutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhereg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 138-139
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