battuo
Latin
Alternative forms
- bātuō, battō
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Gaulish, ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”), or a separate root *bʰat- (“to hit”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Welsh bathu (“beat”); Old English beadu (“battle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbat.tu.oː/, [ˈbät̪ːuoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbat.tu.o/, [ˈbät̪ːuo]
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
(See battō.)
References
- “battuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “battuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- battuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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