LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

pertundō

pertundō (present infinitive pertundere, perfect active pertudī, supine pertūsum)
Classical[pɛrˈtʊn.doː]Ecclesiastical[perˈtun.do]

Meaning

  1. to bore through, perforate

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.pertundōpertundēbampertundampertudīpertuderampertuderō
2nd sg.pertundispertundēbāspertundēspertudistīpertuderāspertuderis
3rd sg.pertunditpertundēbatpertundetpertuditpertuderatpertuderit
1st pl.pertundimuspertundēbāmuspertundēmuspertudimuspertuderāmuspertuderimus
2nd pl.pertunditispertundēbātispertundētispertudistispertuderātispertuderitis
3rd pl.pertunduntpertundēbantpertundentpertudērunt
pertudēre
pertuderantpertuderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.pertundampertunderempertuderimpertudissem
2nd sg.pertundāspertunderēspertuderīspertudissēs
3rd sg.pertundatpertunderetpertuderitpertudisset
1st pl.pertundāmuspertunderēmuspertuderīmuspertudissēmus
2nd pl.pertundātispertunderētispertuderītispertudissētis
3rd pl.pertundantpertunderentpertuderintpertudissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.pertundorpertundēbarpertundar
2nd sg.pertunderis
pertundere
pertundēbāris
pertundēbāre
pertundēris
pertundēre
3rd sg.pertunditurpertundēbāturpertundētur
1st pl.pertundimurpertundēbāmurpertundēmur
2nd pl.pertundiminīpertundēbāminīpertundēminī
3rd pl.pertundunturpertundēbanturpertundentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.pertundarpertunderer
2nd sg.pertundāris
pertundāre
pertunderēris
pertunderēre
3rd sg.pertundāturpertunderētur
1st pl.pertundāmurpertunderēmur
2nd pl.pertundāminīpertunderēminī
3rd pl.pertundanturpertunderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.pertundepertundere
pres. 2nd pl.pertunditepertundiminī
fut. 2nd sg.pertunditōpertunditor
fut. 3rd sg.pertunditōpertunditor
fut. 2nd pl.pertunditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.pertunduntōpertunduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepertunderepertundī
perfect infinitivepertudissepertūsum esse
future infinitivepertūsūrum essepertūsum īrī
present participlepertundēns
pertundente, pertundentem, pertundentēs, pertundentī, pertundentia, pertundentibus, pertundentis, pertundentīs, pertundentium
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perfect participle—pertūsus
pertūnsa, pertūnsā, pertūnsae, pertūnsam, pertūnsārum, pertūnsās, pertūnse, pertūnsī, pertūnsīs, pertūnsō, pertūnsōrum, pertūnsōs, pertūnsum, pertūnsus, pertūsa, pertūsā, pertūsae, pertūsam, pertūsārum, pertūsās, pertūse, pertūsī, pertūsīs, pertūsō, pertūsōrum, pertūsōs
future participlepertūsūrus
pertūsūra, pertūsūrā, pertūsūrae, pertūsūram, pertūsūrārum, pertūsūrās, pertūsūre, pertūsūrī, pertūsūrīs, pertūsūrō, pertūsūrōrum, pertūsūrōs, pertūsūrum
pertundendus
pertundundus, pertundenda, pertundendā, pertundendae, pertundendam, pertundendārum, pertundendās, pertundende, pertundendīs, pertundendōrum, pertundendōs
gerundpertundendī, pertundendō, pertundendumsupinepertūsum, pertūsū

per-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (tussum;
I. pertunsus, Aur. Vict. Epit. 9, 10), 3, v. a., to beat, push, or thrust through, to make a hole through, to bore through, perforate (mostly ante-class.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): latus pertudit hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 395 Vahl.); cf.: me pertudit in latus, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 81 (Ann. v. 540 ib.): terebrā vitem, Cato, R. R. 41, 3: calicem per fundum, id. ib. 52, 1: crumenam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 37: guttae saxa pertundunt, Lucr. 4, 1287: tigna terebrare et pertundere perque forare, id. 5, 1268: tunicam, Cat. 32, 11: positos tineā pertunde libellos, Juv. 7, 26: mediam venam, to lance. id. 6, 46: lapide ungulam, Col. 6, 15, 1: crebra foramina, Vitr. 10, 22.—Hence, pertūsus, a, um. P. a., perforated, that has a hole or opening: pertusa sella, Cato, R. R. 157: compita, passable, Pers. 4, 28: laenā, Juv. 5, 131.—Prov.: ingerere aliquid in pertusum dolium, i. e. to spend one's time to no purpose, to labor in vain, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 135; cf.: non omnia pertusum congesta quasi in vas Commoda perfluxere, Lucr. 3, 937: mittere in sacculum pertusum, Vulg. Ag. 1, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti Proto-Italic *tundō Latin tundō Latin pertundō From per- + tundō.

Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianpătrunde
  • Romanianpătrundere
  • Aromanianpitrundu
  • Aromanianpitrundiri
Gallo-Romance
  • Englishpiercefrom Old French percier
  • Frenchpercerfrom Old French percier
Borrowings
  • Italianpertondere

In English words that came into English from pertundō

  • pierce*pertūsiō
  • pertusepertusus

Quick answers

What does pertundō mean in Latin?
pertundō, a verb, means “to bore through, perforate”.
What are the principal parts of pertundō?
pertundō, pertundere, pertudī, pertūsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce pertundō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈtʊn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈtun.do].