decurro
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + currō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈkur.roː/, [d̪eːˈkʊrːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈkur.ro/, [d̪eˈkurːo]
Verb
dēcurrō (present infinitive dēcurrere, perfect active dēcurrī, supine dēcursum); third conjugation
- I run, flow, move, sail or swim down
- Synonym: dēscendō
- Antonyms: ascendō, cōnscendō, īnscendō, escendō, ēnītor, scandō, superscandō, subeō
- I charge or skirmish
- I hasten, rush down
- I exercise or drill (troops)
Conjugation
- Perfect forms dēcucurrī are occasionally found.
Conjugation of dēcurrō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | dēcurrō | dēcurris | dēcurrit | dēcurrimus | dēcurritis | dēcurrunt |
imperfect | dēcurrēbam | dēcurrēbās | dēcurrēbat | dēcurrēbāmus | dēcurrēbātis | dēcurrēbant | |
future | dēcurram | dēcurrēs | dēcurret | dēcurrēmus | dēcurrētis | dēcurrent | |
perfect | dēcurrī | dēcurristī | dēcurrit | dēcurrimus | dēcurristis | dēcurrērunt, dēcurrēre | |
pluperfect | dēcurreram | dēcurrerās | dēcurrerat | dēcurrerāmus | dēcurrerātis | dēcurrerant | |
future perfect | dēcurrerō | dēcurreris | dēcurrerit | dēcurrerimus | dēcurreritis | dēcurrerint | |
passive | present | dēcurror | dēcurreris, dēcurrere | dēcurritur | dēcurrimur | dēcurriminī | dēcurruntur |
imperfect | dēcurrēbar | dēcurrēbāris, dēcurrēbāre | dēcurrēbātur | dēcurrēbāmur | dēcurrēbāminī | dēcurrēbantur | |
future | dēcurrar | dēcurrēris, dēcurrēre | dēcurrētur | dēcurrēmur | dēcurrēminī | dēcurrentur | |
perfect | dēcursus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | dēcursus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | dēcursus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | dēcurram | dēcurrās | dēcurrat | dēcurrāmus | dēcurrātis | dēcurrant |
imperfect | dēcurrerem | dēcurrerēs | dēcurreret | dēcurrerēmus | dēcurrerētis | dēcurrerent | |
perfect | dēcurrerim | dēcurrerīs | dēcurrerit | dēcurrerīmus | dēcurrerītis | dēcurrerint | |
pluperfect | dēcurrissem | dēcurrissēs | dēcurrisset | dēcurrissēmus | dēcurrissētis | dēcurrissent | |
passive | present | dēcurrar | dēcurrāris, dēcurrāre | dēcurrātur | dēcurrāmur | dēcurrāminī | dēcurrantur |
imperfect | dēcurrerer | dēcurrerēris, dēcurrerēre | dēcurrerētur | dēcurrerēmur | dēcurrerēminī | dēcurrerentur | |
perfect | dēcursus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | dēcursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | dēcurre | — | — | dēcurrite | — |
future | — | dēcurritō | dēcurritō | — | dēcurritōte | dēcurruntō | |
passive | present | — | dēcurrere | — | — | dēcurriminī | — |
future | — | dēcurritor | dēcurritor | — | — | dēcurruntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | dēcurrere | dēcurrisse | dēcursūrum esse | dēcurrī | dēcursum esse | dēcursum īrī | |
participles | dēcurrēns | — | dēcursūrus | — | dēcursus | dēcurrendus, dēcurrundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
dēcurrendī | dēcurrendō | dēcurrendum | dēcurrendō | dēcursum | dēcursū |
Derived terms
- dēcurrēns
- dēcursiō
- dēcursōrius
- dēcursus
Descendants
- Catalan: decórrer
- Galician: decorrer
- Italian: decorrere
- Portuguese: decorrer
- Spanish: decorrerse
References
- “decurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to run obliquely down the hill: obliquo monte decurrere
- to manœuvre: decurrere (in armis)
- to run obliquely down the hill: obliquo monte decurrere