circumrodo

Latin

Etymology

circum- +‎ rōdō (“to gnaw”)

Pronunciation

Verb

circumrōdō (present infinitive circumrōdere, perfect active circumrōsī, supine circumrōsum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to nibble around at
    • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 4.5.1:
      quin etiam (dudum enim circumrodo quod devorandum est) subturpicula mihi videbatur esse παλινῳδία
      There was also the fact (I might as well stop nibbling around at what has to be swallowed) that my palinode seemed to me somewhat shameful
  2. (transitive, figurative) to slander

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumrōdō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumrōdō circumrōdis circumrōdit circumrōdimus circumrōditis circumrōdunt
imperfect circumrōdēbam circumrōdēbās circumrōdēbat circumrōdēbāmus circumrōdēbātis circumrōdēbant
future circumrōdam circumrōdēs circumrōdet circumrōdēmus circumrōdētis circumrōdent
perfect circumrōsī circumrōsistī circumrōsit circumrōsimus circumrōsistis circumrōsērunt,
circumrōsēre
pluperfect circumrōseram circumrōserās circumrōserat circumrōserāmus circumrōserātis circumrōserant
future perfect circumrōserō circumrōseris circumrōserit circumrōserimus circumrōseritis circumrōserint
passive present circumrōdor circumrōderis,
circumrōdere 		circumrōditur circumrōdimur circumrōdiminī circumrōduntur
imperfect circumrōdēbar circumrōdēbāris,
circumrōdēbāre 		circumrōdēbātur circumrōdēbāmur circumrōdēbāminī circumrōdēbantur
future circumrōdar circumrōdēris,
circumrōdēre 		circumrōdētur circumrōdēmur circumrōdēminī circumrōdentur
perfect circumrōsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect circumrōsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect circumrōsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumrōdam circumrōdās circumrōdat circumrōdāmus circumrōdātis circumrōdant
imperfect circumrōderem circumrōderēs circumrōderet circumrōderēmus circumrōderētis circumrōderent
perfect circumrōserim circumrōserīs circumrōserit circumrōserīmus circumrōserītis circumrōserint
pluperfect circumrōsissem circumrōsissēs circumrōsisset circumrōsissēmus circumrōsissētis circumrōsissent
passive present circumrōdar circumrōdāris,
circumrōdāre 		circumrōdātur circumrōdāmur circumrōdāminī circumrōdantur
imperfect circumrōderer circumrōderēris,
circumrōderēre 		circumrōderētur circumrōderēmur circumrōderēminī circumrōderentur
perfect circumrōsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect circumrōsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — circumrōde — — circumrōdite —
future — circumrōditō circumrōditō — circumrōditōte circumrōduntō
passive present — circumrōdere — — circumrōdiminī —
future — circumrōditor circumrōditor — — circumrōduntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present circumrōdere circumrōdī circumrōdēns —
future circumrōsūrum esse circumrōsum īrī circumrōsūrus circumrōdendus,
circumrōdundus
perfect circumrōsisse circumrōsum esse — circumrōsus
future perfect — circumrōsum fore — —
perfect potential circumrōsūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
circumrōdendī circumrōdendō circumrōdendum circumrōdendō circumrōsum circumrōsū

References

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