FromProto-Italic*plowō, fromProto-Indo-European*plew-(“to flow, float, wash”), with a metaphorical usage of “to swim, float” to refer to pouring rain;[1] see alsoLatinlinter(“bath, trough, boat”),Ancient Greekπλύνω(plúnō,“to wash”),Lithuanianpi̇̀lti(“to pour”) andGermanfließen(“to flow”).[2]SeeOld Armenianլուանամ(luanam,“to wash”).
pluit (present infinitivepluere,perfect activepluitorplūvit);third conjugation,impersonal, nopassive, nosupine stem
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | — | pluit | — | — | — | ||||||
| imperfect | — | — | pluēbat | — | — | — | |||||||
| future | — | — | pluet | — | — | — | |||||||
| perfect | — | — | pluit, plūvit | — | — | — | |||||||
| pluperfect | — | — | pluerat, plūverat | — | — | — | |||||||
| future perfect | — | — | pluerit, plūverit | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | — | pluat | — | — | — | ||||||
| imperfect | — | — | plueret | — | — | — | |||||||
| perfect | — | — | pluerit, plūverit | — | — | — | |||||||
| pluperfect | — | — | pluisset, plūvisset | — | — | — | |||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | future | — | — | pluitō | — | — | — | ||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | pluere | — | pluēns | — | |||||||||
| perfect | pluisse, plūvisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| pluendī | pluendō | pluendum | pluendō | — | — | ||||||||