sternuo

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *(p)st(e)rnu- (“to sneeze”), presumably with imitative deformation; the internal *-r- in the Latin word and its presumed cognates makes the word unlikely to be independently formed in all the branches it is found in. Cognate with Welsh trew (“sneeze”), Breton strevial, Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “sneeze”), and Armenian փռշտալ (pʻṙštal, “to sneeze”). Also compare other onomatopoeic formations like Polish kichać, Russian чихать (čixatʹ), Lithuanian čiáudėti, and Sanskrit क्षु (kṣu). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstɛr.nu.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstɛr.nu.o] === Verb === sternuō (present infinitive sternuere, perfect active sternuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem (intransitive) to sneeze ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sternūmentum sternūtō sternūtum ==== Related terms ==== sternūtāmentum sternūtātiō === References === === Further reading === “sternuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sternuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sternuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.