sinuo

Latin

Etymology

    From sinus (“curve, fold”) or -ō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    sinuō (present infinitive sinuāre, perfect active sinuāvī, supine sinuātum); first conjugation

    1. to bend, wind, curve
    2. to hollow out, excavate

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: simulate
    • → Italian: sinuare

    References

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