ruo

See also: ruó, ruò, and ru'o

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈru.oː/, [ˈrʊ.oː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- . Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρούω (oroúō, “hurry”).

Verb

ruō (present infinitive ruere, perfect active ruī, supine rutum); third conjugation

  1. I hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly.
  2. I collapse, fall down.
  3. I fail, fall.
  4. I cast down; I hurl to the ground.

Inflection
   Conjugation of ruo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ruō ruis ruit ruimus ruitis ruunt
imperfect ruēbam ruēbās ruēbat ruēbāmus ruēbātis ruēbant
future ruam ruēs ruet ruēmus ruētis ruent
perfect ruī ruistī ruit ruimus ruistis ruērunt, ruēre
pluperfect rueram ruerās ruerat ruerāmus ruerātis ruerant
future perfect ruerō rueris ruerit ruerimus rueritis ruerint
passive present ruor rueris, ruere ruitur ruimur ruiminī ruuntur
imperfect ruēbar ruēbāris, ruēbāre ruēbātur ruēbāmur ruēbāminī ruēbantur
future ruar ruēris, ruēre ruētur ruēmur ruēminī ruentur
perfect rutus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect rutus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect rutus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ruam ruās ruat ruāmus ruātis ruant
imperfect ruerem ruerēs rueret ruerēmus ruerētis ruerent
perfect ruerim ruerīs ruerit ruerimus rueritis ruerint
pluperfect ruissem ruissēs ruisset ruissēmus ruissētis ruissent
passive present ruar ruāris, ruāre ruātur ruāmur ruāminī ruantur
imperfect ruerer ruerēris, ruerēre ruerētur ruerēmur ruerēminī ruerentur
perfect rutus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect rutus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — rue — — ruite —
future — ruitō ruitō — ruitōte ruuntō
passive present — ruere — — ruiminī —
future — ruitor ruitor — — ruuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ruere ruisse rutūrus esse ruī rutus esse rutum īrī
participles ruēns — rutūrus — rutus ruendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
ruere ruendī ruendō ruendum rutum rutū

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to tear out, dig out”).

Verb

ruō (present infinitive ruere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine forms

  1. I dig out

Derived terms

Usage notes

There has been some confusion between the derivatives of the two verbs.

References
  • ruo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ruo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be ruined, undone: ad interitum ruere
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 326
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Mandarin

Romanization

ruo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ruó.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ruò.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Marshallese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation
  • MED phonemes: {riwew}
  • IPA(key): /rˠɨwɜw/, [rˠɯ͡uɔɔ̯]

Numeral

ruo

  1. two

References
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