frigutio

Latin

Alternative forms

• frigūttiō, fringūtiō, frigūltiō, fringūltiō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with English bark, Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”) and Serbo-Croatian brgljati (“to murmur”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /friˈɡuː.ti.oː/, [frɪˈɡuːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /friˈɡut.t͡si.o/, [friˈɡut̪ː͡s̪io]

Verb

frigūtiō (present infinitive frigūtīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (intransitive, of birds) to chirp, twitter
2. (extensive) to stammer, stutter

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

Conjugation of frigūtiō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frigūtiō	frigūtīs	frigūtit	frigūtīmus	frigūtītis	frigūtiunt
	imperfect	frigūtiēbam	frigūtiēbās	frigūtiēbat	frigūtiēbāmus	frigūtiēbātis	frigūtiēbant
	future	frigūtiam	frigūtiēs	frigūtiet	frigūtiēmus	frigūtiētis	frigūtient
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frigūtiam	frigūtiās	frigūtiat	frigūtiāmus	frigūtiātis	frigūtiant
	imperfect	frigūtīrem	frigūtīrēs	frigūtīret	frigūtīrēmus	frigūtīrētis	frigūtīrent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	frigūtī	—	—	frigūtīte	—
	future	—	frigūtītō	frigūtītō	—	frigūtītōte	frigūtiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		frigūtīre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		frigūtiēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		frigūtiendī	frigūtiendō	frigūtiendum	frigūtiendō	—	—

References

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