pluo

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫu.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpluː.o] === Verb === pluō (present infinitive pluere, perfect active pluī or plūvī); third conjugation, no supine stem (transitive) alternative form of pluit (“to rain”) (intransitive) to cause it to rain ==== Usage notes ==== Takes a subject, unlike impersonal pluit. ==== Conjugation ==== Perfect plūvī is Old Latin. === References === “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “pluit”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. pluo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1745 == Welsh == === Alternative forms === plufo, plufio === Etymology === plu +‎ -o === Verb === pluo (first-person singular present pluaf) (transitive) to pluck (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to con (transitive) to tie (fishing flies) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “pluo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies