respuo

respuo

Latin

Etymology

    From re- + spuō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    respuō (present infinitive respuere, perfect active respuī, supine respūtum); third conjugation

    1. to spit or spew out
    2. to reject or refuse

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • English: respue

    References

    • respuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • respuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • respuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)