sopio

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SOPIO *swep- (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

Verb

sōpiō (present infinitive sōpīre, perfect active sōpīvī or sōpiī, supine sōpītum)Category:Latin lemmas#SOPIOCategory:Latin verbs#SOPIOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SOPIOCategory:Pages with entries#SOPIOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SOPIO; fourth conjugation

  1. (transitiveCategory:Latin transitive verbs#SOPIO) to deprive of feeling
  2. (transitiveCategory:Latin transitive verbs#SOPIO) to lull to sleep, put to sleep
    Synonym: sēdō
  3. (transitiveCategory:Latin transitive verbs#SOPIO) to render unconscious, knock out
  4. (figuratively, transitiveCategory:Latin transitive verbs#SOPIO) to kill
    Synonyms: necō, obtruncō, caedō, interficiō, trucīdō, tollō, peragō, percutiō, interimō, perimō, iugulō, cōnficiō, occīdō, ēnecō, dēiciō, absūmō, cōnsūmō
  5. (figuratively, transitiveCategory:Latin transitive verbs#SOPIO) to quiet, calm, soothe
    Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mītigō, plācō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, restinguō, commītigō, compōnō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
    Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
Conjugation
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Descendants

Etymology 2

Nikolaev connects the word to prosapia (“race, lineage”), and derives both from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#SOPIOCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SOPIO *seh₂p- "strike", with semantic development "strike > have sexual intercourse > beget".[1]

Noun

sōpiō m (genitive sōpiōnis)Category:Latin lemmas#SOPIOCategory:Latin nouns#SOPIOCategory:Latin third declension nouns#SOPIOCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the third declension#SOPIOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SOPIOCategory:Latin masculine nouns#SOPIOCategory:Pages with entries#SOPIOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SOPIO; third declension

  1. A drawing of a man with a prominent penis
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Nikolaev, Alexander (2015), “The origin of Latin prōsāpia”, in Glotta‎, volume 91, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, pages 226–249
  • “sopio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sopio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sopio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • S. A. Handford & Mary Herberg (2003), Latin-English : English-Latin Dictionary (Berlin: Langenscheidt)
  • sopio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
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