vissio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Verb

vissiō (present infinitive vissīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to pass wind quietly
    • Latrine graffiti from Ostia
      vissiretacite·chilon·docvit svbdolvs[1]
      The sly Solon taught how to pass wind silently.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of vissiō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vissiō vissīs vissit vissīmus vissītis vissiunt
imperfect vissiēbam vissiēbās vissiēbat vissiēbāmus vissiēbātis vissiēbant
future vissiam vissiēs vissiet vissiēmus vissiētis vissient
passive present vissior vissīris,
vissīre		 vissītur vissīmur vissīminī vissiuntur
imperfect vissiēbar vissiēbāris,
vissiēbāre		 vissiēbātur vissiēbāmur vissiēbāminī vissiēbantur
future vissiar vissiēris,
vissiēre		 vissiētur vissiēmur vissiēminī vissientur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vissiam vissiās vissiat vissiāmus vissiātis vissiant
imperfect vissīrem vissīrēs vissīret vissīrēmus vissīrētis vissīrent
passive present vissiar vissiāris,
vissiāre		 vissiātur vissiāmur vissiāminī vissiantur
imperfect vissīrer vissīrēris,
vissīrēre		 vissīrētur vissīrēmur vissīrēminī vissīrentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vissī — — vissīte —
future — vissītō vissītō — vissītōte vissiuntō
passive present — vissīre — — vissīminī —
future — vissītor vissītor — — vissiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vissīre — — vissīrī — —
participles vissiēns — — — — vissiendus,
vissiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vissiendī vissiendō vissiendum vissiendō — —

Coordinate terms
  • pēdō (“to pass wind loudly”)

Derived terms
  • vissium
  • vissitium

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: bes
    • Romanian: băși
  • Italo-Western Romance:
    • Old French: vessir (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Italian: vescia
    • ⇒ Venetian: vesa
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *vissīna, -um (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. http://hf.titansable.com/images/3/36/Vissire_tacite_Chilon_docuit_subdolus.jpg
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