LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

tundō

tundō (present infinitive tundere, perfect active tutudī or tūsī, supine tūnsum or tūssum or tūsum)
Classical[ˈtʊn.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtun.do]

Meaning

  1. to beat; to strike; to buffet
  2. to pound; to bruise; to crush; to pulp; to bray (as in a mortar)
    proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]It's good too to blend a taste of pounded oak-apples […]c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.267
  3. to harangue; to assail; to keep on at

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.tundōtundēbamtundamtutudī
tūsī
tutuderam
tūseram
tutuderō
tūserō
2nd sg.tundistundēbāstundēstutudistī
tūsistī
tutuderās
tūserās
tutuderis
tūseris
3rd sg.tundittundēbattundettutudit
tūsit
tutuderat
tūserat
tutuderit
tūserit
1st pl.tundimustundēbāmustundēmustutudimus
tūsimus
tutuderāmus
tūserāmus
tutuderimus
tūserimus
2nd pl.tunditistundēbātistundētistutudistis
tūsistis
tutuderātis
tūserātis
tutuderitis
tūseritis
3rd pl.tundunttundēbanttundenttutudērunt
tutudēre, tūsērunt, tūsēre
tutuderant
tūserant
tutuderint
tūserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.tundamtunderemtutuderim
tūserim
tutudissem
tūsissem
2nd sg.tundāstunderēstutuderīs
tūserīs
tutudissēs
tūsissēs
3rd sg.tundattunderettutuderit
tūserit
tutudisset
tūsisset
1st pl.tundāmustunderēmustutuderīmus
tūserīmus
tutudissēmus
tūsissēmus
2nd pl.tundātistunderētistutuderītis
tūserītis
tutudissētis
tūsissētis
3rd pl.tundanttunderenttutuderint
tūserint
tutudissent
tūsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.tundortundēbartundar
2nd sg.tunderis
tundere
tundēbāris
tundēbāre
tundēris
tundēre
3rd sg.tunditurtundēbāturtundētur
1st pl.tundimurtundēbāmurtundēmur
2nd pl.tundiminītundēbāminītundēminī
3rd pl.tundunturtundēbanturtundentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.tundartunderer
2nd sg.tundāris
tundāre
tunderēris
tunderēre
3rd sg.tundāturtunderētur
1st pl.tundāmurtunderēmur
2nd pl.tundāminītunderēminī
3rd pl.tundanturtunderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.tundetundere
pres. 2nd pl.tunditetundiminī
fut. 2nd sg.tunditōtunditor
fut. 3rd sg.tunditōtunditor
fut. 2nd pl.tunditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.tunduntōtunduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivetunderetundī
perfect infinitivetutudisse
tūsisse
tūnsum esse
tūssum esse, tūsum esse
future infinitivetūnsūrum esse
tūssūrum esse, tūsūrum esse
tūnsum īrī
tūssum īrī, tūsum īrī
present participletundēns—
perfect participle—tūnsus
tūssus, tūsus, tūnsa, tūnsā, tūnsae, tūnsam, tūnsārum, tūnsās, tūnse, tūnsī, tūnsīs, tūnsō, tūnsōrum, tūnsōs, tūsa, tūsā, tūsae, tūsam, tūsārum, tūsās, tūse, tūsīs, tūsō, tūsōrum, tūsōs, tūssa, tūssā, tūssae, tūssam, tūssārum, tūssās, tūsse, tūssī, tūssīs, tūssō, tūssōrum, tūssōs
future participletūnsūrus
tūssūrus, tūsūrus, tūnsūra, tūnsūrā, tūnsūrae, tūnsūram, tūnsūrārum, tūnsūrās, tūnsūre, tūnsūrī, tūnsūrīs, tūnsūrō, tūnsūrōrum, tūnsūrōs, tūnsūrum
tundendus
tundundus, tundenda, tundendā, tundendae, tundendam, tundendārum, tundendās, tundende, tundendīs, tundendōrum, tundendōs
gerundtundendī, tundendō, tundendumsupinetūnsum, tūnsū

tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum, tūssum, and tusum (v. Neue, Formenl. II. 568), 3 (old collat. form of the
I. perf. tuserunt, Naev. 1, 1: tunsi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.; inf. tundier, Lucr. 4, 934), v. a. Sanscr. tu-dāmi, thrust; cf. Gr. Τυδεύς, Τυνδάρεος, to beat, strike, thump, buffet with repeated strokes.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (class.; cf.: verbero, pulso, ico, impello, cudo): oculos converso bacillo, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142: pectus palo, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 3: pectora manu, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 10; id. M. 8, 535; Verg. A. 11, 37: inania tympana, Ov. F. 4, 183: tundere ac diverberare ubera, App. M. 7, p. 200, 2: lapidem digito cum tundimus, Lucr. 4, 265: corpus crebro ictu, id. 4, 934: pede terram, Hor. A. P. 430: humum ossibus, Ov. M. 5, 293: ulmum (picus), Plaut. As. 2, 1, 14: litus undā, Cat. 11, 4; cf.: saxa alto salo, Hor. Epod. 17, 55: cymbala rauca, Prop. 3 (4), 16, 36. chelyn digitis errantibus, Stat. S. 5, 5, 33: gens effrena virum Rhipaeo tunditur Euro, Verg. G. 3, 382: saxum, quod tumidis tunditur olim Fluctibus, id. A. 5, 125: miserum sancto tundere poste caput, Tib. 1, 2, 86: ferrum rubens non est habile tundendo, i. e. is not easy to beat out, not very malleable, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 149.—In a Greek construction: tunsae pectora palmis, Verg. A. 1, 481. —Prov.: uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundere, to hammer the same anvil, i. e. to keep at the same work, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162.—
B. In partic., to pound, bruise, bray, as in a mortar (cf. pinso): aliquid in pilā, Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 20, 19, 79, § 207: in farinam, id. 33, 7, 40, § 119: in pollinem, id. 19, 5, 29, § 91: tunsum gallae admiscere saporem, Verg. G. 4, 267: tunsa viscera, id. ib. 4, 302: grana mali Punici tunsa, Col. 9, 13, 5: tunsum allium, id. 6, 8, 2 al.: testam tusam et succretam arenae adicere, Vitr. 2, 5: testa tunsa, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186: hordeum, App. M. 4, p. 152, 31: haec omnia tusa, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 6.—
II. Trop. (qs. to keep pounding or hammering at a person), to din, stun, keep on at, importune a person by repeating the same thing (poet. and rare): pergin' aures tundere? Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 25: assiduis hinc atque hinc vocibus heros Tunditur, Verg. A. 4, 448: tundat Amycle, Natalem Mais Idibus esse tuum, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 35.—Absol.: tundendo atque odio denique effecit senex, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 48.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *tundō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti, nasal-infix present from the root *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”), Dutch stoten, German stoßen, English stot, Albanian tund.

Italo-Romance
  • Italiantondere
  • Italiantondire
  • Italiantondare
Elsewhere
  • Italiantosarefrom Vulgar Latin *tōnsāre
  • Portuguesetosarfrom Vulgar Latin *tōnsāre
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishtundirfrom Old Spanish tundir

Quick answers

What does tundō mean in Latin?
tundō, a verb, means “to beat; to strike; to buffet”.
What are the principal parts of tundō?
tundō, tundere, tutudī, tūnsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce tundō?
In classical Latin, [ˈtʊn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtun.do].