pluit

pluit

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited 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 pi̇̀lti (“to pour”) and German fließen (“to flow”).[2] See Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam, “to wash”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    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

       Conjugation of pluit (third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem)
    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 future — — pluitō — — —
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present pluere — pluēns —
    perfect pluisse,
    plūvisse     		— — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    pluendī pluendō pluendum pluendō — —

    Derived terms

    Descendants

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

    References

    • “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
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