suppedo

suppedo

Latin

FWOTD – 1 April 2019

Etymology

    From sub- (under) + pēdō (fart).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    suppēdō (present infinitive suppēdere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

    1. to fart quietly
      • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.4:
        suppedit, flagitium est; iam si erit nudus in balneo, non reprehendes.
        [If] one farts quietly, it's an outrage; but if he's naked in a bath, you won't tell him off.

    Conjugation

    References

    • suppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • suppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • suppedo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.