sinuo

Latin

Etymology

From sinus (“curve, fold”) or -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.nu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.nu.o]

Verb

sinuō (present infinitive sinuāre, perfect active sinuāvī, supine sinuātum); first conjugation

1. to bend, wind, curve
2. to hollow out, excavate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sinuō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sinuō		sinuās		sinuat		sinuāmus		sinuātis		sinuant
	imperfect	sinuābam		sinuābās		sinuābat		sinuābāmus		sinuābātis		sinuābant
	future	sinuābō		sinuābis		sinuābit		sinuābimus		sinuābitis		sinuābunt
	perfect	sinuāvī		sinuāvistī		sinuāvit		sinuāvimus		sinuāvistis		sinuāvērunt, sinuāvēre
	pluperfect	sinuāveram		sinuāverās		sinuāverat		sinuāverāmus		sinuāverātis		sinuāverant
	future perfect	sinuāverō		sinuāveris		sinuāverit		sinuāverimus		sinuāveritis		sinuāverint
passive	present	sinuor		sinuāris, sinuāre		sinuātur		sinuāmur		sinuāminī		sinuantur
	imperfect	sinuābar		sinuābāris, sinuābāre		sinuābātur		sinuābāmur		sinuābāminī		sinuābantur
	future	sinuābor		sinuāberis, sinuābere		sinuābitur		sinuābimur		sinuābiminī		sinuābuntur
	perfect	sinuātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sinuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sinuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sinuem		sinuēs		sinuet		sinuēmus		sinuētis		sinuent
	imperfect	sinuārem		sinuārēs		sinuāret		sinuārēmus		sinuārētis		sinuārent
	perfect	sinuāverim		sinuāverīs		sinuāverit		sinuāverīmus		sinuāverītis		sinuāverint
	pluperfect	sinuāvissem		sinuāvissēs		sinuāvisset		sinuāvissēmus		sinuāvissētis		sinuāvissent
passive	present	sinuer		sinuēris, sinuēre		sinuētur		sinuēmur		sinuēminī		sinuentur
	imperfect	sinuārer		sinuārēris, sinuārēre		sinuārētur		sinuārēmur		sinuārēminī		sinuārentur
	perfect	sinuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sinuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sinuā		—		—		sinuāte		—
	future	—		sinuātō		sinuātō		—		sinuātōte		sinuantō
passive	present	—		sinuāre		—		—		sinuāminī		—
	future	—		sinuātor		sinuātor		—		—		sinuantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sinuāre			sinuārī			sinuāns			—
future		sinuātūrum esse			sinuātum īrī			sinuātūrus			sinuandus
perfect		sinuāvisse			sinuātum esse			—			sinuātus
future perfect		—			sinuātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sinuātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sinuandī		sinuandō		sinuandum		sinuandō		sinuātum		sinuātū

Derived terms

• exsinuō
• īnsinuō
• sinuāmen
• sinuātiō

Related terms

• sinuōsē
• sinuōsus
• sinus

Descendants

• → English: simulate
• → Italian: sinuare

References

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