lavo

See also: lavó and lavò

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -avo

Verb

lavo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lavare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λούω (loúō), λοέω (loéō), Albanian laj, Old Armenian լոգանամ (loganam), and Old English lēaþor (English lather). Doublet with the later back-formed luō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.woː/, [ˈɫa.woː]

Verb

lavō (present infinitive lavāre, perfect active lāvī, supine lavātum); first conjugation

  1. I wash, bathe
  2. I wet, moisten

Usage notes

Inflection
   Conjugation of lavo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lavō lavās lavat lavāmus lavātis lavant
imperfect lavābam lavābās lavābat lavābāmus lavābātis lavābant
future lavābō lavābis lavābit lavābimus lavābitis lavābunt
perfect lāvī lāvistī, lāsti1 lāvit lāvimus lāvistis, lāstis1 lāvērunt, lāvēre
pluperfect lāveram lāverās lāverat lāverāmus lāverātis lāverant
future perfect lāverō lāveris lāverit lāverimus lāveritis lāverint
passive present lavor lavāris, lavāre lavātur lavāmur lavāminī lavantur
imperfect lavābar lavābāris, lavābāre lavābātur lavābāmur lavābāminī lavābantur
future lavābor lavāberis, lavābere lavābitur lavābimur lavābiminī lavābuntur
perfect lavātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lavātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lavātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lavem lavēs lavet lavēmus lavētis lavent
imperfect lavārem lavārēs lavāret lavārēmus lavārētis lavārent
perfect lāverim lāverīs lāverit lāverimus lāveritis lāverint
pluperfect lāvissem, lāssem1 lāvissēs, lāsses1 lāvisset, lāsset1 lāvissēmus, lāssemus1 lāvissētis, lāssetis1 lāvissent, lāssent1
passive present laver lavēris, lavēre lavētur lavēmur lavēminī laventur
imperfect lavārer lavārēris, lavārēre lavārētur lavārēmur lavārēminī lavārentur
perfect lavātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lavātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lavā — — lavāte —
future — lavātō lavātō — lavātōte lavantō
passive present — lavāre — — lavāminī —
future — lavātor lavātor — — lavantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lavāre lāvisse, lāsse1 lavātūrus esse lavārī lavātus esse lavātum īrī
participles lavāns — lavātūrus — lavātus lavandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
lavāre lavandī lavandō lavandum lavātum lavātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • lavo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lavo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lavo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to take a cold, warm, bath: frigidā, calidā lavari (Plin. Ep. 3. 5. 11)
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -avu

Verb

lavo

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of lavar

Spanish

Verb

lavo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of lavar.
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