sopionem scribo
Latin
Etymology
sopio (noun) + scribo. Sense "draw" (instead of "write") may come from Proto-Italic *skreiβō (“carve”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [soː.piˈoː.nẽː ˈskriː.boː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [so.piˈɔː.nem ˈskriː.bo]
Verb
sōpiōnem scrībō (present infinitive sōpiōnem scrībere, perfect active sōpiōnem scrīpsī, supine sōpiōnem scrīptum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (idiomatic) to draw a penis
- Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina[1], section 37:
- Frontem tabernae sopionibus scribam
- I will draw pictures of penises on the front of the tavern.
- Anonymous graffito in Pompeii
- Ut merdas edatis, qui scripseras sopionis
- You who have drawn pictures of penises, eat shit!
Usage notes
- In both attested usages sopio is plural. Catullus uses either dative or ablative. In Pompeiian Latin long <ē> is frequently confused with <i>.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sōpiōnem scrībō (third conjugation, impersonal in the passive)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | sōpiōnem scrībō | sōpiōnem scrībis | sōpiōnem scrībit | sōpiōnem scrībimus | sōpiōnem scrībitis | sōpiōnem scrībunt | ||||||
| imperfect | sōpiōnem scrībēbam | sōpiōnem scrībēbās | sōpiōnem scrībēbat | sōpiōnem scrībēbāmus | sōpiōnem scrībēbātis | sōpiōnem scrībēbant | |||||||
| future | sōpiōnem scrībam | sōpiōnem scrībēs | sōpiōnem scrībet | sōpiōnem scrībēmus | sōpiōnem scrībētis | sōpiōnem scrībent | |||||||
| perfect | sōpiōnem scrīpsī | sōpiōnem scrīpsistī | sōpiōnem scrīpsit | sōpiōnem scrīpsimus | sōpiōnem scrīpsistis | sōpiōnem scrīpsērunt, sōpiōnem scrīpsēre | |||||||
| pluperfect | sōpiōnem scrīpseram | sōpiōnem scrīpserās | sōpiōnem scrīpserat | sōpiōnem scrīpserāmus | sōpiōnem scrīpserātis | sōpiōnem scrīpserant | |||||||
| future perfect | sōpiōnem scrīpserō | sōpiōnem scrīpseris | sōpiōnem scrīpserit | sōpiōnem scrīpserimus | sōpiōnem scrīpseritis | sōpiōnem scrīpserint | |||||||
| passive | present | — | — | sōpiō scrībitur | — | — | — | ||||||
| imperfect | — | — | sōpiō scrībēbātur | — | — | — | |||||||
| future | — | — | sōpiō scrībētur | — | — | — | |||||||
| perfect | — | — | sōpiō scrīpta est | — | — | — | |||||||
| pluperfect | — | — | sōpiō scrīpta erat | — | — | — | |||||||
| future perfect | — | — | sōpiō scrīpta erit | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | sōpiōnem scrībam | sōpiōnem scrībās | sōpiōnem scrībat | sōpiōnem scrībāmus | sōpiōnem scrībātis | sōpiōnem scrībant | ||||||
| imperfect | sōpiōnem scrīberem | sōpiōnem scrīberēs | sōpiōnem scrīberet | sōpiōnem scrīberēmus | sōpiōnem scrīberētis | sōpiōnem scrīberent | |||||||
| perfect | sōpiōnem scrīpserim | sōpiōnem scrīpserīs | sōpiōnem scrīpserit | sōpiōnem scrīpserīmus | sōpiōnem scrīpserītis | sōpiōnem scrīpserint | |||||||
| pluperfect | sōpiōnem scrīpsissem | sōpiōnem scrīpsissēs | sōpiōnem scrīpsisset | sōpiōnem scrīpsissēmus | sōpiōnem scrīpsissētis | sōpiōnem scrīpsissent | |||||||
| passive | present | — | — | sōpiō scrībātur | — | — | — | ||||||
| imperfect | — | — | sōpiō scrīberētur | — | — | — | |||||||
| perfect | — | — | sōpiō scrīpta sit | — | — | — | |||||||
| pluperfect | — | — | sōpiō scrīpta esset | — | — | — | |||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | sōpiōnem scrībe | — | — | sōpiōnem scrībite | — | ||||||
| future | — | sōpiōnem scrībitō | sōpiōnem scrībitō | — | sōpiōnem scrībitōte | sōpiōnem scrībuntō | |||||||
| passive | future | — | — | sōpiō scrībitor | — | — | — | ||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | sōpiōnem scrībere | sōpiōnem scrībī | sōpiōnem scrībēns | — | |||||||||
| future | sōpiōnem scrīptūrum esse | sōpiōnem scrīptum īrī | sōpiōnem scrīptūrus | sōpiō scrībenda, sōpiō scrībunda | |||||||||
| perfect | sōpiōnem scrīpsisse | sōpiōnem scrīptam esse | — | sōpiō scrīpta | |||||||||
| future perfect | — | sōpiōnem scrīptam fore | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | sōpiōnem scrīptūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| sōpiōnem scrībendī | sōpiōnem scrībendō | sōpiōnem scrībendum | sōpiōnem scrībendō | sōpiōnem scrīptum | sōpiōnem scrīptū | ||||||||