ructo

== Latin == === Etymology === From *rūgō (to belch, whence rū̆ctus (“belch”) and ērūgō) +‎ -tō (frequentative suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“belch, roar”). Cognate with Old English rocettan (“to belch”) and Ancient Greek ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai, “to belch, vomit, emit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈruːk.toː], [ˈrʊk.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈruk.to] The u in the first syllable is short per De Vaan (2008) and Wartburg (1928–2002); long per Bennett (1907) (who however says that there is Romance evidence for both long ū and short ŭ). === Verb === rū̆ctō (present infinitive rū̆ctāre, perfect active rū̆ctāvī, supine rū̆ctātum); first conjugation to belch, eructate (figurative) to bring up noisily ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ērū̆ctō ==== Related terms ==== rū̆ctor ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “ructo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ructo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ructo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.