futuo

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Related to fūstis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.tu.oː/, [ˈfʊt̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.tu.o/, [ˈfuːt̪uo]

Verb

futuō (present infinitive futuere, perfect active futuī, supine futūtum); third conjugation

1. (vulgar) to fuck, to have vaginal sex
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 9.69:

     Cum futuis, Polycharme, soles in fine cacare.

     When you fuck, Polycharmus, you are accustomed to defecating afterwards.

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 11.20:

     "Aut futue, aut pugnēmus" ait.

     "Either fuck me or let's fight," she says.

   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 97.9:

     Hic futuit multas et se facit esse venustum

     He fucks lots of women, and makes himself out to be charming

Usage notes

• Futuō is used in the sense of penetrating, not of being penetrated.

Conjugation

Conjugation of futuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	futuō	futuis	futuit	futuimus	futuitis	futuunt
	imperfect	futuēbam	futuēbās	futuēbat	futuēbāmus	futuēbātis	futuēbant
	future	futuam	futuēs	futuet	futuēmus	futuētis	futuent
	perfect	futuī	futuistī	futuit	futuimus	futuistis	futuērunt, futuēre
	pluperfect	futueram	futuerās	futuerat	futuerāmus	futuerātis	futuerant
	future perfect	futuerō	futueris	futuerit	futuerimus	futueritis	futuerint
passive	present	futuor	futueris, futuere	futuitur	futuimur	futuiminī	futuuntur
	imperfect	futuēbar	futuēbāris, futuēbāre	futuēbātur	futuēbāmur	futuēbāminī	futuēbantur
	future	futuar	futuēris, futuēre	futuētur	futuēmur	futuēminī	futuentur
	perfect	futūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	futūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	futūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	futuam	futuās	futuat	futuāmus	futuātis	futuant
	imperfect	futuerem	futuerēs	futueret	futuerēmus	futuerētis	futuerent
	perfect	futuerim	futuerīs	futuerit	futuerīmus	futuerītis	futuerint
	pluperfect	futuissem	futuissēs	futuisset	futuissēmus	futuissētis	futuissent
passive	present	futuar	futuāris, futuāre	futuātur	futuāmur	futuāminī	futuantur
	imperfect	futuerer	futuerēris, futuerēre	futuerētur	futuerēmur	futuerēminī	futuerentur
	perfect	futūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	futūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	futue	—	—	futuite	—
	future	—	futuitō	futuitō	—	futuitōte	futuuntō
passive	present	—	futuere	—	—	futuiminī	—
	future	—	futuitor	futuitor	—	—	futuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		futuere	futuisse	futūtūrum esse	futuī	futūtum esse	futūtum īrī
participles		futuēns	—	futūtūrus	—	futūtus	futuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		futuendī	futuendō	futuendum	futuendō	futūtum	futūtū

Related terms

have sexual intercourse

• cōnfutuō
• dēfutūtus
• diffutuō
• diffutūtus
• effutūtus
• futūtor
• futūtrix
• futūtiō

Descendants

• Aromanian: fut, futiri
• Asturian: foder
• Catalan: fotre
• French: foutre
  • → English: footer
    • English: footle
  • → Portuguese: futre
• Friulian: foti
• Galician: foder
• Italian: fottere
• Occitan: fóter, fotre
• Portuguese: foder
• Romanian: fute, futere
• Sardinian: fútere, futíre, futíri
• Sicilian: fùttiri
• Spanish: joder
• Venetian: fotar

See also

• pēdīcō
• irrumō

References

• “futuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “futuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• futuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.