sternuo

Latin

Etymology

Presumably imitative or from a Proto-Indo-European root connected to Polish kichać, Russian чихать (čixatʹ), Lithuanian čiáudėti, Sanskrit क्षु (kṣu), Breton strevia and Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “a sneezing”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈster.nu.oː/, [ˈstɛr.nʊ.oː]

Verb

sternuō (present infinitive sternuere, perfect active sternuī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. (intransitive) I sneeze

Inflection
   Conjugation of sternuo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sternuō sternuis sternuit sternuimus sternuitis sternuunt
imperfect sternuēbam sternuēbās sternuēbat sternuēbāmus sternuēbātis sternuēbant
future sternuam sternuēs sternuet sternuēmus sternuētis sternuent
perfect sternuī sternuistī sternuit sternuimus sternuistis sternuērunt, sternuēre
pluperfect sternueram sternuerās sternuerat sternuerāmus sternuerātis sternuerant
future perfect sternuerō sternueris sternuerit sternuerimus sternueritis sternuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sternuam sternuās sternuat sternuāmus sternuātis sternuant
imperfect sternuerem sternuerēs sternueret sternuerēmus sternuerētis sternuerent
perfect sternuerim sternuerīs sternuerit sternuerimus sternueritis sternuerint
pluperfect sternuissem sternuissēs sternuisset sternuissēmus sternuissētis sternuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sternue — — sternuite —
future — sternuitō sternuitō — sternuitōte sternuuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives sternuere sternuisse — — — —
participles sternuēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
sternuere sternuendī sternuendō sternuendum — —

Derived terms

References
  • sternuo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sternuo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sternuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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