corrumpo
Latin
Etymology
con- + rumpō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈrum.poː/, [kɔrˈrʊmpoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈrum.po/, [korˈrumpo]
Verb
corrumpō (present infinitive corrumpere, perfect active corrūpī, supine corruptum); third conjugation
- I pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect
- Synonyms: delēniō, aggredior
- 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 7.12.18:
- Et manifestātum est mihi quoniam bona sunt quae corrumpuntur.
- And it was made clear to me that all things are good even if they are corrupted.
- Et manifestātum est mihi quoniam bona sunt quae corrumpuntur.
- I gain to myself by gifts, etc.; bribe
- Synonym: largior
- I spoil or rot
- I taint or contaminate
- I tempt or seduce
Conjugation
Conjugation of corrumpō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | corrumpō | corrumpis | corrumpit | corrumpimus | corrumpitis | corrumpunt |
imperfect | corrumpēbam | corrumpēbās | corrumpēbat | corrumpēbāmus | corrumpēbātis | corrumpēbant | |
future | corrumpam | corrumpēs | corrumpet | corrumpēmus | corrumpētis | corrumpent | |
perfect | corrūpī | corrūpistī | corrūpit | corrūpimus | corrūpistis | corrūpērunt, corrūpēre | |
pluperfect | corrūperam | corrūperās | corrūperat | corrūperāmus | corrūperātis | corrūperant | |
future perfect | corrūperō | corrūperis | corrūperit | corrūperimus | corrūperitis | corrūperint | |
passive | present | corrumpor | corrumperis, corrumpere | corrumpitur | corrumpimur | corrumpiminī | corrumpuntur |
imperfect | corrumpēbar | corrumpēbāris, corrumpēbāre | corrumpēbātur | corrumpēbāmur | corrumpēbāminī | corrumpēbantur | |
future | corrumpar | corrumpēris, corrumpēre | corrumpētur | corrumpēmur | corrumpēminī | corrumpentur | |
perfect | corruptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | corruptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | corruptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | corrumpam | corrumpās | corrumpat | corrumpāmus | corrumpātis | corrumpant |
imperfect | corrumperem | corrumperēs | corrumperet | corrumperēmus | corrumperētis | corrumperent | |
perfect | corrūperim | corrūperīs | corrūperit | corrūperīmus | corrūperītis | corrūperint | |
pluperfect | corrūpissem | corrūpissēs | corrūpisset | corrūpissēmus | corrūpissētis | corrūpissent | |
passive | present | corrumpar | corrumpāris, corrumpāre | corrumpātur | corrumpāmur | corrumpāminī | corrumpantur |
imperfect | corrumperer | corrumperēris, corrumperēre | corrumperētur | corrumperēmur | corrumperēminī | corrumperentur | |
perfect | corruptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | corruptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | corrumpe | — | — | corrumpite | — |
future | — | corrumpitō | corrumpitō | — | corrumpitōte | corrumpuntō | |
passive | present | — | corrumpere | — | — | corrumpiminī | — |
future | — | corrumpitor | corrumpitor | — | — | corrumpuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | corrumpere | corrūpisse | corruptūrum esse | corrumpī | corruptum esse | corruptum īrī | |
participles | corrumpēns | — | corruptūrus | — | corruptus | corrumpendus, corrumpundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
corrumpendī | corrumpendō | corrumpendum | corrumpendō | corruptum | corruptū |
Derived terms
- corruptus
- corruptiō
Descendants
- Catalan: corrompre
- English: corrupt
- Old French: corrompre
- French: corrompre
- Norman: corroumpre
- German: korrumpieren
- Italian: corrompere
- Portuguese: corromper
- Romanian: corupe
- Spanish: corromper
- Swedish: korrumpera
References
- “corrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corrumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
- to be demoralised, corrupted: corrumpi, depravari
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi