LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation

hauriō

hauriō (present infinitive haurīre, perfect active hausī, supine haustum)
Classical[ˈhau̯.ri.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaːu̯.ri.o]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to draw (especially water), drain
  2. to drain, drink up, swallow
    Pōculum complēvit et hausit. Aquam et vīnum miscuit. Collāpsus est.He filled the cup and drank it up. He mixed water and wine. He collapsed.
  3. figurativelyto take in with the senses as if to drink or swallow
  4. to absorb, devour, consume, engulf
  5. exhaust, deplete, use up
  6. to spill, shed
  7. to tear up, pluck out, draw out; dig up, hollow out
  8. to draw, derive, borrow, take
    abiectīs properē laciniīs tōtīs, avidē manūs immersī et haurītō plūsculō cūncta corporis meī membra perfricuī.I quickly threw off all my clothes, and eagerly put immersed my hands [in the jar with the magical substance], and having drawn a sizeable amount, I rubbed all parts of my body.c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, 3 24

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

aquam ē fonte trahō.
hauriō -īre hausī — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
vīnum vel aquam ē vāse dūcō
hauriō -īre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16

Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.hauriōhauriēbamhauriamhausīhauseramhauserō
2nd sg.haurīshauriēbāshauriēshausistīhauserāshauseris
3rd sg.haurithauriēbathauriethausithauserathauserit
1st pl.haurīmushauriēbāmushauriēmushausimushauserāmushauserimus
2nd pl.haurītishauriēbātishauriētishausistishauserātishauseritis
3rd pl.hauriunthauriēbanthaurienthausērunt
hausēre
hauseranthauserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.hauriamhaurīremhauserimhausissem
2nd sg.hauriāshaurīrēshauserīshausissēs
3rd sg.hauriathaurīrethauserithausisset
1st pl.hauriāmushaurīrēmushauserīmushausissēmus
2nd pl.hauriātishaurīrētishauserītishausissētis
3rd pl.haurianthaurīrenthauserinthausissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.hauriorhauriēbarhauriar
2nd sg.haurīris
haurīre
hauriēbāris
hauriēbāre
hauriēris
hauriēre
3rd sg.haurīturhauriēbāturhauriētur
1st pl.haurīmurhauriēbāmurhauriēmur
2nd pl.haurīminīhauriēbāminīhauriēminī
3rd pl.hauriunturhauriēbanturhaurientur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.hauriarhaurīrer
2nd sg.hauriāris
hauriāre
haurīrēris
haurīrēre
3rd sg.hauriāturhaurīrētur
1st pl.hauriāmurhaurīrēmur
2nd pl.hauriāminīhaurīrēminī
3rd pl.haurianturhaurīrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.haurīhaurīre
pres. 2nd pl.haurītehaurīminī
fut. 2nd sg.haurītōhaurītor
fut. 3rd sg.haurītōhaurītor
fut. 2nd pl.haurītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.hauriuntōhauriuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivehaurīrehaurīrī
perfect infinitivehausissehaustum esse
future infinitivehaustūrum essehaustum īrī
present participlehauriēns—
perfect participle—haustus
hausta, haustā, haustae, haustam, haustārum, haustās, hauste, haustī, haustīs, haustō, haustōrum, haustōs
future participlehaustūrus
haustūra, haustūrā, haustūrae, haustūram, haustūrārum, haustūrās, haustūre, haustūrī, haustūrīs, haustūrō, haustūrōrum, haustūrōs, haustūrum
hauriendus
hauriundus, haurienda, hauriendā, hauriendae, hauriendam, hauriendārum, hauriendās, hauriende, hauriendīs, hauriendōrum, hauriendōs
gerundhauriendī, hauriendō, hauriendumsupinehaustum, haustū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

gurgitibus hauriri
to be drowned in the eddies.
voluptates haurire
to take one's fill of enjoyment.
calamitatem haurire
to drain the cup of sorrow.
sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water.
magnum luctum haurire (without ex-)
to undergo severe trouble, trials.
e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)
to draw from the fountain-head.

haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4 (archaic
I. imperf. hauribant, Lucr. 5, 1324; perf. subj. haurierint, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 905 P.; part. perf. haurītus, App. M. 3, p. 139; 6, p. 178; supin. hauritu, id. ib. 2, p. 121; part. fut. hauritura, Juv. in Joh. 2, 253: hausurus, Verg. A. 4, 383; Sil. 7, 584; 16, 11: hausturus, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1; dep. perf. foramen fama est lucem hausum, Sol. 5, 15), v. a. perh. for haus-io; cf. hio, hisco; prop. to empty, to draw up or out, to draw (class., esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf. sorbeo).
I. Lit., to draw water, etc.: cum vidisset haustam aquam de jugi puteo, terrae motum dixit instare, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 112: palmis hausta duabus aqua, Ov. F. 2, 294: is neque limo Turbatam haurit aquam, Hor. S. 1, 1, 60: ipse manus hausta victrices abluit unda, Ov. M. 4, 740.— Absol.: num igitur, si potare velit, de dolio sibi hauriendum putet? Cic. Brut. 83, 288. —Prov.: de faece haurire, to draw from the dregs, i. e. to choose the worst: tu quidem de faece hauris, i. e. speak of the worst orators, id. ib. 69, 244.—
B. Transf.
1. To drain, drink up; to spill, shed: ita vina ex libidine hauriuntur, atque etiam praemio invitatur ebrietas (shortly before and after, bibere), Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140; cf. id. ib. § 146; and: cui non audita est obscoenae Salmacis undae Aethiopesque lacus, quos si quis faucibus hausit, Aut furit aut, etc., Ov. M. 15, 320 (for which: qui ex Clitorio lacu biberint, Plin. 31, 2, 13, § 16): quae (pocula) simul arenti sitientes hausimus ore, i. e. drained, emptied, drunk off, Ov. M. 14, 277; so, cratera, id. ib. 8, 680: spumantem pateram, Verg. A. 1, 738: statim me perculso ad meum sanguinem hauriendum, et spirante re publica ad ejus spolia detrahenda advolaverunt, to drain, i. e. to spill, shed, Cic. Sest. 24, 54: cruorem, Ov. M. 7, 333; 13, 331: nudantis cervicem jugulumque, et reliquum sanguinem jubentes haurire, Liv. 22, 51, 7; Lact. 5, 1, 8: quem (sanguinem) civiles hauserunt, Luc. 1, 13.—
b. Of things: imoque a gurgite pontus Vertitur et canas alveus haurit aquas, draws in, lets in, Ov. F. 3, 591: jam flammae tulerint, inimicus et hauserit ensis, drunk up, i. e. their blood, Verg. A. 2, 600.—
2. In gen., to tear up, pluck out, draw out, to take to one's self, take; to swallow, devour, consume, exhaust: (ventus) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis, Lucr. 6, 141: haurit arenas ungula, Stat. Th. 2, 46; cf.: humumque Effodit ... terraeque immurmurat haustae, i. e. torn up, dug up, Ov. M. 11, 187: Actoridae magni rostro femur hausit adunco (= transfodit), tore open, id. ib. 8, 370: pectora ferro, id. ib. 8, 438: latus alicui, Lucr. 5, 1324; Ov. M. 5, 126; 9, 412; Verg. A. 10, 314; Luc. 10, 387: ventrem atque inguina uno alteroque ictu, Liv. 7, 10, 10; Sil. 5, 524: tum latus ejus gladio haurit, Curt. 7, 2, 27: impresso gladio jugulum ejus hausisse, Tac. H. 1, 41 fin.: lumen, to pluck out the eye, Ov. M. 13, 564: cineres haustos, i. e. scraped up, collected, id. ib. 8, 538; so, cineres, id. ib. 13, 425 sq.; cf. id. ib. 14, 136: ille cavis hausto spargit me pulvere palmis, id. ib. 9, 35: sumptum haurit ex aerario, draws, takes, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32; cf.: at suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, Cur? etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 52: quia dentibus carent, aut lambunt cibos aut integros hauriunt, to swallow, Col. 8, 17, 11; cf.: solidos haurire cervos taurosque, Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36: hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, qs. hast swallowed up, devoured, consumed, Mart. 9, 83, 4: nos tellus haurit, Sil. 3, 654; cf.: sua haurire, Tac. A. 16, 18; 2, 8; 3, 72: animam recipere auramque communem haurire, i. e. inhale, breathe, Quint. 6 praef. § 12: suspiratus, fetching a deep sigh, Ov. M. 14, 129: hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, may he swallow with his eyes, i. e. greedily look at, Verg. A. 4, 661; so, aliquid oculis, ib. 12, 946; Sil. 11, 284; and without oculis: caelum, Verg. A. 10, 899; cf.: lucem (primae pecudes), i. e. to see the light, be born, Verg. G. 2, 340: vocemque his auribus hausi, I received his voice with these ears, id. A. 4, 359; so, dicta auribus, Ov. M. 13, 787; cf.: oculis auribusque tantum gaudium, Liv. 27, 51: hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus, to be swallowed up, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.: cum praealtis paludibus arma, equi haurirentur, Tac. H. 5, 15: altitudine et mollitia nivis hauriebantur, id. ib. 1, 79: hauriuntur gurgitibus, id. A. 1, 70: aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv. 5, 7, 3: cunctos incendium hausit, Tac. H. 4, 60: miratur et haurit Pectore ignes, imbibes, Ov. M. 10, 253; cf.: flammasque latentes Hausit, id. ib. 8, 325: caelo medium Sol igneus orbem Hauserat, i. e. had rapidly passed through, finished, Verg. G. 4, 427: vastum iter, Stat. Th. 1, 369: bracchia Cancri (Titan), Col. poët. 10, 313: cum spes arrectae juvenum exsultantiaque haurit Corda pavor pulsans, exhausts = exhaurit, Verg. G. 3, 105: pariter pallorque ruborque Purpureas hausere genas, Stat. Th. 1, 538.—
II. Trop., to draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive: sequimur potissimum Stoicos, non ut interpretes, sed, ut solemus, e fontibus eorum judicio arbitrioque nostro, quantum quoque modo videbitur, hauriemus, Cic. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.: fontes, unde hauriretis, id. de Or. 1, 46, 203: a fontibus potius haurire quam rivulos consectari, id. Ac. 1, 2, 8: reconditis atque abditis e fontibus haurire, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12: omnia dixi hausta e fonte naturae, id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: eodem fonte haurire laudes suas, id. Fam. 6, 6, 9; id. Caecin. 27, 78: quam (legem) non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, id. Mil. 4, 10 (quoted in Cic. Or. 49, 165): quas (artes) cum domo haurire non posses, arcessivisti ex urbe ea (i. e. Athenis), quae, etc., id. Brut. 97, 332: ex divinitate, unde omnes animos haustos aut acceptos aut libatos haberemus, id. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.: animos hominum quadam ex parte extrinsecus esse tractos et haustos, id. ib. 1, 32, 70: quid enim non sorbere animo, quid non haurire cogitatione, cujus sanguinem non bibere censetis? id. Phil. 11, 5, 10; cf.: libertatem sitiens hausit, id. Rep. 1, 43: voluptates undique, id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16: dolorem, id. Cael. 24, 59: calamitates, id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86: luctum, id. Sest. 29, 63: unde laboris Plus haurire mali est quam ex re decerpere fructus, Hor. S. 1, 2, 79: animo spem turbidus hausit inanem, drank in illusive hope, Verg. A. 10, 648: expugnationes urbium, populationes agrorum, raptus Penatium hauserant animo, had thought of, intended, Tac. H. 1, 51: supplicia, to suffer, Verg. A. 4, 383: (Thessali) velut ex diutina siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem, indulging, revelling in, Liv. 39, 26, 7; cf.: studium philosophiae acriter hausisse, Tac. Agr. 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Latinhauriō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō From Proto-Italic *auziō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to scoop, draw water”), whence also Proto-Germanic *ausaną (“to scoop, draw water”) and Ancient Greek αὔω (aúō, “to light a fire”), with the /h-/ likely inserted by hypercorrection.

Descendants
  • Italianurire
  • Portuguesehaurir
  • Friulianuri
  • Friulianauri

Quick answers

What does hauriō mean in Latin?
hauriō, a verb, means “to draw (especially water), drain; to drain, drink up, swallow; to take in with the senses as if to drink or swallow”.
What are the principal parts of hauriō?
hauriō, haurīre, hausī, haustum (fourth conjugation).
How do you pronounce hauriō?
In classical Latin, [ˈhau̯.ri.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaːu̯.ri.o].
Where does hauriō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- → Latin hauriō.