LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

cuniō

cuniō (present infinitive cunīre)
Classical[ˈkʊ.ni.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkuː.ni.o]

Meaning

  1. to defecate

Conjugation conjugation 4 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cuniōcuniēbamcuniam———
2nd sg.cunīscuniēbāscuniēs———
3rd sg.cunitcuniēbatcuniet———
1st pl.cunīmuscuniēbāmuscuniēmus———
2nd pl.cunītiscuniēbātiscuniētis———
3rd pl.cuniuntcuniēbantcunient———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cuniamcunīrem——
2nd sg.cuniāscunīrēs——
3rd sg.cuniatcunīret——
1st pl.cuniāmuscunīrēmus——
2nd pl.cuniātiscunīrētis——
3rd pl.cuniantcunīrent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cuniorcuniēbarcuniar
2nd sg.cunīris
cunīre
cuniēbāris
cuniēbāre
cuniēris
cuniēre
3rd sg.cunīturcuniēbāturcuniētur
1st pl.cunīmurcuniēbāmurcuniēmur
2nd pl.cunīminīcuniēbāminīcuniēminī
3rd pl.cuniunturcuniēbanturcunientur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cuniarcunīrer
2nd sg.cuniāris
cuniāre
cunīrēris
cunīrēre
3rd sg.cuniāturcunīrētur
1st pl.cuniāmurcunīrēmur
2nd pl.cuniāminīcunīrēminī
3rd pl.cunianturcunīrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cunīcunīre
pres. 2nd pl.cunītecunīminī
fut. 2nd sg.cunītōcunītor
fut. 3rd sg.cunītōcunītor
fut. 2nd pl.cunītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cuniuntōcuniuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecunīrecunīrī
present participlecuniēns—
future participle—cuniendus
cuniundus
gerundcuniendī, cuniendō, cuniendum

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Cognate with Latin inquinō (“I pollute”), obscēnus (“filthy”), caenum (“mud”) and English whin.

Quick answers

What does cuniō mean in Latin?
cuniō, a verb, means “to defecate”.
What are the principal parts of cuniō?
cuniō, cunīre (fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce cuniō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʊ.ni.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkuː.ni.o].