percurro
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through, along; during”) + currō (“run; hurry; travel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈkur.roː/, [pɛrˈkʊrːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈkur.ro/, [perˈkurːo]
Verb
percurrō (present infinitive percurrere, perfect active percucurrī, supine percursum); third conjugation
- I run, hasten or pass through, traverse, pass or run over or along; stroke.
- Synonyms: mulceō, palpō
- I wind or bend around.
- (figuratively) I mention briefly or cursorily.
- (figuratively) I scan (briefly), look over; review.
- (figuratively) (of feelings) I run through, penetrate, agitate.
Conjugation
Note that the perfect active indicative can be written as percurrī rather than percucurrī
| Conjugation of percurrō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | percurrō | percurris | percurrit | percurrimus | percurritis | percurrunt |
| imperfect | percurrēbam | percurrēbās | percurrēbat | percurrēbāmus | percurrēbātis | percurrēbant | |
| future | percurram | percurrēs | percurret | percurrēmus | percurrētis | percurrent | |
| perfect | percucurrī | percucurristī | percucurrit | percucurrimus | percucurristis | percucurrērunt, percucurrēre | |
| pluperfect | percucurreram | percucurrerās | percucurrerat | percucurrerāmus | percucurrerātis | percucurrerant | |
| future perfect | percucurrerō | percucurreris | percucurrerit | percucurrerimus | percucurreritis | percucurrerint | |
| passive | present | percurror | percurreris, percurrere | percurritur | percurrimur | percurriminī | percurruntur |
| imperfect | percurrēbar | percurrēbāris, percurrēbāre | percurrēbātur | percurrēbāmur | percurrēbāminī | percurrēbantur | |
| future | percurrar | percurrēris, percurrēre | percurrētur | percurrēmur | percurrēminī | percurrentur | |
| perfect | percursus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | percursus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | percursus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | percurram | percurrās | percurrat | percurrāmus | percurrātis | percurrant |
| imperfect | percurrerem | percurrerēs | percurreret | percurrerēmus | percurrerētis | percurrerent | |
| perfect | percucurrerim | percucurrerīs | percucurrerit | percucurrerīmus | percucurrerītis | percucurrerint | |
| pluperfect | percucurrissem | percucurrissēs | percucurrisset | percucurrissēmus | percucurrissētis | percucurrissent | |
| passive | present | percurrar | percurrāris, percurrāre | percurrātur | percurrāmur | percurrāminī | percurrantur |
| imperfect | percurrerer | percurrerēris, percurrerēre | percurrerētur | percurrerēmur | percurrerēminī | percurrerentur | |
| perfect | percursus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | percursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | percurre | — | — | percurrite | — |
| future | — | percurritō | percurritō | — | percurritōte | percurruntō | |
| passive | present | — | percurrere | — | — | percurriminī | — |
| future | — | percurritor | percurritor | — | — | percurruntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | percurrere | percucurrisse | percursūrum esse | percurrī | percursum esse | percursum īrī | |
| participles | percurrēns | — | percursūrus | — | percursus | percurrendus, percurrundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| percurrendī | percurrendō | percurrendum | percurrendō | percursum | percursū | ||
Derived terms
- percursiō
- percursō
- percursor
- percursus
Related terms
- accurrō
- antecurrō
- circumcurrō
- concurrō
- currō
- dēcurrō
- discurrō
- excurrō
- incurrō
- intercurrō
- occurrō
- percursātiō
- praecurrō
- prōcurrō
- recurrō
- succurrō
- transcurrō
Descendants
- Asturian: percorrer
- English: parkour
- French: parcourir
- Italian: percorrere
- Portuguese: percorrer
- Spanish: percorrer
References
- “percurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “percurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- percurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to read cursorily: legendo percurrere aliquid
- to read cursorily: legendo percurrere aliquid