cunio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Cognate with Latin inquinō (“I pollute”), obscēnus (“filthy”), caenum (“mud”) and English whin.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ni.oː/, [ˈkʊ.ni.oː]

Verb

cuniō (present infinitive cunīre, perfect active cunīvī, supine cunitum); fourth conjugation

  1. to defecate

Conjugation
   Conjugation of cuniō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cuniō cunīs cunit cunīmus cunītis cuniunt
imperfect cuniēbam cuniēbās cuniēbat cuniēbāmus cuniēbātis cuniēbant
future cuniam cuniēs cuniet cuniēmus cuniētis cunient
perfect cunīvī cunīvistī cunīvit cunīvimus cunīvistis cunīvērunt, cunīvēre
pluperfect cunīveram cunīverās cunīverat cunīverāmus cunīverātis cunīverant
future perfect cunīverō cunīveris cunīverit cunīverimus cunīveritis cunīverint
passive present cunior cunīris, cunīre cunītur cunīmur cunīminī cuniuntur
imperfect cuniēbar cuniēbāris, cuniēbāre cuniēbātur cuniēbāmur cuniēbāminī cuniēbantur
future cuniar cuniēris, cuniēre cuniētur cuniēmur cuniēminī cunientur
perfect cunitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cunitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cunitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cuniam cuniās cuniat cuniāmus cuniātis cuniant
imperfect cunīrem cunīrēs cunīret cunīrēmus cunīrētis cunīrent
perfect cunīverim cunīverīs cunīverit cunīverīmus cunīverītis cunīverint
pluperfect cunīvissem cunīvissēs cunīvisset cunīvissēmus cunīvissētis cunīvissent
passive present cuniar cuniāris, cuniāre cuniātur cuniāmur cuniāminī cuniantur
imperfect cunīrer cunīrēris, cunīrēre cunīrētur cunīrēmur cunīrēminī cunīrentur
perfect cunitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cunitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cunī — — cunīte —
future — cunītō cunītō — cunītōte cuniuntō
passive present — cunīre — — cunīminī —
future — cunītor cunītor — — cuniuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cunīre cunīvisse cunitūrus esse cunīrī cunitus esse cunitum īrī
participles cuniēns — cunitūrus — cunitus cuniendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cuniendī cuniendō cuniendum cuniendō cunitum cunitū

References
  • cunio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cunio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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