discerpo
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + carpō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈker.poː/, [dɪsˈkɛr.poː]
Verb
discerpō (present infinitive discerpere, perfect active discerpsī, supine discerptum); third conjugation
- I pluck or tear to pieces; I rend, mutilate or mangle
Inflection
| Conjugation of discerpo (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | discerpō | discerpis | discerpit | discerpimus | discerpitis | discerpunt |
| imperfect | discerpēbam | discerpēbās | discerpēbat | discerpēbāmus | discerpēbātis | discerpēbant | |
| future | discerpam | discerpēs | discerpet | discerpēmus | discerpētis | discerpent | |
| perfect | discerpsī | discerpsistī | discerpsit | discerpsimus | discerpsistis | discerpsērunt, discerpsēre | |
| pluperfect | discerpseram | discerpserās | discerpserat | discerpserāmus | discerpserātis | discerpserant | |
| future perfect | discerpserō | discerpseris | discerpserit | discerpserimus | discerpseritis | discerpserint | |
| passive | present | discerpor | discerperis, discerpere | discerpitur | discerpimur | discerpiminī | discerpuntur |
| imperfect | discerpēbar | discerpēbāris, discerpēbāre | discerpēbātur | discerpēbāmur | discerpēbāminī | discerpēbantur | |
| future | discerpar | discerpēris, discerpēre | discerpētur | discerpēmur | discerpēminī | discerpentur | |
| perfect | discerptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | discerptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | discerptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | discerpam | discerpās | discerpat | discerpāmus | discerpātis | discerpant |
| imperfect | discerperem | discerperēs | discerperet | discerperēmus | discerperētis | discerperent | |
| perfect | discerpserim | discerpserīs | discerpserit | discerpserimus | discerpseritis | discerpserint | |
| pluperfect | discerpsissem | discerpsissēs | discerpsisset | discerpsissēmus | discerpsissētis | discerpsissent | |
| passive | present | discerpar | discerpāris, discerpāre | discerpātur | discerpāmur | discerpāminī | discerpantur |
| imperfect | discerperer | discerperēris, discerperēre | discerperētur | discerperēmur | discerperēminī | discerperentur | |
| perfect | discerptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | discerptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | discerpe | — | — | discerpite | — |
| future | — | discerpitō | discerpitō | — | discerpitōte | discerpuntō | |
| passive | present | — | discerpere | — | — | discerpiminī | — |
| future | — | discerpitor | discerpitor | — | — | discerpuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | discerpere | discerpsisse | discerptūrus esse | discerpī | discerptus esse | discerptum īrī | |
| participles | discerpēns | — | discerptūrus | — | discerptus | discerpendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| discerpere | discerpendī | discerpendō | discerpendum | discerptum | discerptū | ||
Derived terms
- discerptiō
References
- discerpo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- discerpo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- discerpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette