LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation, no passive

lippiō

lippiō (present infinitive lippīre, perfect active lippīvī, supine lippītum)
Classical[ˈlɪp.pi.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlip.pi.o]

Meaning

  1. to have bleary, rheumy, watery or inflamed eyes
  2. figurativelyto water, tear up
    Lippiunt fauces fame.My jaws are tearing up with hunger.Plautus, Curculio, 2.3

Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.lippiōlippiēbamlippiamlippīvīlippīveramlippīverō
2nd sg.lippīslippiēbāslippiēslippīvistīlippīverāslippīveris
3rd sg.lippitlippiēbatlippietlippīvitlippīveratlippīverit
1st pl.lippīmuslippiēbāmuslippiēmuslippīvimuslippīverāmuslippīverimus
2nd pl.lippītislippiēbātislippiētislippīvistislippīverātislippīveritis
3rd pl.lippiuntlippiēbantlippientlippīvērunt
lippīvēre
lippīverantlippīverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.lippiamlippīremlippīverimlippīvissem
2nd sg.lippiāslippīrēslippīverīslippīvissēs
3rd sg.lippiatlippīretlippīveritlippīvisset
1st pl.lippiāmuslippīrēmuslippīverīmuslippīvissēmus
2nd pl.lippiātislippīrētislippīverītislippīvissētis
3rd pl.lippiantlippīrentlippīverintlippīvissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.lippī—
pres. 2nd pl.lippīte—
fut. 2nd sg.lippītō—
fut. 3rd sg.lippītō—
fut. 2nd pl.lippītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.lippiuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivelippīre—
perfect infinitivelippīvisse—
future infinitivelippītūrum esse—
present participlelippiēns—
future participlelippītūrus—
gerundlippiendī, lippiendō, lippiendumsupinelippītum, lippītū

lippĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. n. lippus,
I. to haw watery or inflamed eyes, to be blear-eyed.
I. Lit.: cum leviter lippirem, has litteras dedi, * Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1: ne omnino lippiatur, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 94: calor adjuvat lippientes, Cels. 1, 9; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.— *
II. Transf.: lippiunt fauces fame, i. e. burn, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 37.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- 'to smear, stick'. See lippus (“bleary-eyed”).

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianleppico
  • Italianluppica
  • Italianluppicoso
  • Neapolitanallippichirse
  • Venetanslipegàr
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianlébga
  • Emilianlebgheint
  • Ligurianleppegâ
  • Ligurianleppego
  • Ligurianleppegoso
  • Lombardlepegà

Quick answers

What does lippiō mean in Latin?
lippiō, a verb, means “to have bleary, rheumy, watery or inflamed eyes; to water, tear up”.
What are the principal parts of lippiō?
lippiō, lippīre, lippīvī, lippītum (fourth conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce lippiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈlɪp.pi.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlip.pi.o].