screo

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, probably onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Verb

screō (present infinitive screāre, perfect active screāvī, supine screātum); first conjugation (Plautine, hapax legomenon, Old Latin)

  1. to clear one's throat by spitting, to hawk
    Near-synonym: spuō
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 1.2.19–24:
      Phaedromus: Censeo hanc appellandam anum.
      Adibo. Redi et respice ad me, Leaena.
      Leaena: Imperator quis est?
      Phaedromus Vinipollens lepidus Liber,
      tibi qui screanti, siccae, semisomnae
      adfert potionem et sitim sedatum it.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of screō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present screō screās screat screāmus screātis screant
imperfect screābam screābās screābat screābāmus screābātis screābant
future screābō screābis screābit screābimus screābitis screābunt
perfect screāvī screāvistī screāvit screāvimus screāvistis screāvērunt,
screāvēre
pluperfect screāveram screāverās screāverat screāverāmus screāverātis screāverant
future perfect screāverō screāveris screāverit screāverimus screāveritis screāverint
passive present screor screāris,
screāre 		screātur screāmur screāminī screantur
imperfect screābar screābāris,
screābāre 		screābātur screābāmur screābāminī screābantur
future screābor screāberis,
screābere 		screābitur screābimur screābiminī screābuntur
perfect screātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect screātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect screātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present screem screēs screet screēmus screētis screent
imperfect screārem screārēs screāret screārēmus screārētis screārent
perfect screāverim screāverīs screāverit screāverīmus screāverītis screāverint
pluperfect screāvissem screāvissēs screāvisset screāvissēmus screāvissētis screāvissent
passive present screer screēris,
screēre 		screētur screēmur screēminī screentur
imperfect screārer screārēris,
screārēre 		screārētur screārēmur screārēminī screārentur
perfect screātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect screātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — screā — — screāte —
future — screātō screātō — screātōte screantō
passive present — screāre — — screāminī —
future — screātor screātor — — screantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present screāre screārī screāns —
future screātūrum esse screātum īrī screātūrus screandus
perfect screāvisse screātum esse — screātus
future perfect — screātum fore — —
perfect potential screātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
screandī screandō screandum screandō screātum screātū

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “screo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “screo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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