glubo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to split”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡluː.boː/, [ˈɡɫuː.boː]

Verb

glūbō (present infinitive glūbere, perfect active glūpsī, supine glūptum); third conjugation

  1. (literally) I strip the bark from a tree, I peel, I shuck
  2. (vulgar) I peel back the foreskin of, I "shuck" the penis (Catullus infamously used "glubit" in this obscene sense in Catullus 58: "Nunc in quadriviis et angiportis/glubit magnanimi Remi nepotes" - "Now in the crossroads and alleyways/she peels the grandsons of brave Remus")

Inflection
   Conjugation of glubo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present glūbō glūbis glūbit glūbimus glūbitis glūbunt
imperfect glūbēbam glūbēbās glūbēbat glūbēbāmus glūbēbātis glūbēbant
future glūbam glūbēs glūbet glūbēmus glūbētis glūbent
perfect glūpsī glūpsistī glūpsit glūpsimus glūpsistis glūpsērunt, glūpsēre
pluperfect glūpseram glūpserās glūpserat glūpserāmus glūpserātis glūpserant
future perfect glūpserō glūpseris glūpserit glūpserimus glūpseritis glūpserint
passive present glūbor glūberis, glūbere glūbitur glūbimur glūbiminī glūbuntur
imperfect glūbēbar glūbēbāris, glūbēbāre glūbēbātur glūbēbāmur glūbēbāminī glūbēbantur
future glūbar glūbēris, glūbēre glūbētur glūbēmur glūbēminī glūbentur
perfect glūptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect glūptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect glūptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present glūbam glūbās glūbat glūbāmus glūbātis glūbant
imperfect glūberem glūberēs glūberet glūberēmus glūberētis glūberent
perfect glūpserim glūpserīs glūpserit glūpserimus glūpseritis glūpserint
pluperfect glūpsissem glūpsissēs glūpsisset glūpsissēmus glūpsissētis glūpsissent
passive present glūbar glūbāris, glūbāre glūbātur glūbāmur glūbāminī glūbantur
imperfect glūberer glūberēris, glūberēre glūberētur glūberēmur glūberēminī glūberentur
perfect glūptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect glūptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — glūbe — — glūbite —
future — glūbitō glūbitō — glūbitōte glūbuntō
passive present — glūbere — — glūbiminī —
future — glūbitor glūbitor — — glūbuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives glūbere glūpsisse glūptūrus esse glūbī glūptus esse glūptum īrī
participles glūbēns — glūptūrus — glūptus glūbendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
glūbere glūbendī glūbendō glūbendum glūptum glūptū

References
  • glubo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • glubo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • glubo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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