pluit

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *plowō, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (to flow, float, wash), with a metaphorical usage of “to swim, float” to refer to pouring rain;[1] see also Latin linter (bath, trough, boat), Ancient Greek πλύνω (plúnō, to wash), Lithuanian pìlti (to pour) and German fließen (to flow).[2] See Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam, to wash).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pluit (present infinitive pluere, perfect active pluit or plūvit); third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (impersonal) to rain; to be raining

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of pluit (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pluit
imperfect pluēbat
future pluet
perfect pluit,
plūvit
pluperfect pluerat,
plūverat
future perfect pluerit,
plūverit
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pluat
imperfect plueret
perfect pluerit,
plūverit
pluperfect pluisset,
plūvisset
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present
future pluitō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pluere pluisse,
plūvisse
participles pluēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pluendī pluendō pluendum pluendō

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Vulgar Latin: *plovere (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • pluit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pluit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pluit in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pluō, pluit”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 474-5
  2. ^ “piovere” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN