abrumpo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ rumpō (“break, burst, tear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [abˈrʊm.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈrum.po]

Verb

abrumpō (present infinitive abrumpere, perfect active abrūpī, supine abruptum); third conjugation

1. to break off something (violently); rend, tear, sever
2. (of an event, action or policy) to cut short; break off; terminate; halt, stop, or end suddenly or abruptly; put an end to
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.388–389:

     Hīs medium dictīs sermōnem abrumpit, et aurās / aegra fugit [...].

     [Dido,] having said these things, halts suddenly in the middle of [their] exchange and, deeply troubled, flees the open air.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abrumpō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abrumpō		abrumpis		abrumpit		abrumpimus		abrumpitis		abrumpunt
	imperfect	abrumpēbam		abrumpēbās		abrumpēbat		abrumpēbāmus		abrumpēbātis		abrumpēbant
	future	abrumpam		abrumpēs		abrumpet		abrumpēmus		abrumpētis		abrumpent
	perfect	abrūpī		abrūpistī		abrūpit		abrūpimus		abrūpistis		abrūpērunt, abrūpēre
	pluperfect	abrūperam		abrūperās		abrūperat		abrūperāmus		abrūperātis		abrūperant
	future perfect	abrūperō		abrūperis		abrūperit		abrūperimus		abrūperitis		abrūperint
passive	present	abrumpor		abrumperis, abrumpere		abrumpitur		abrumpimur		abrumpiminī		abrumpuntur
	imperfect	abrumpēbar		abrumpēbāris, abrumpēbāre		abrumpēbātur		abrumpēbāmur		abrumpēbāminī		abrumpēbantur
	future	abrumpar		abrumpēris, abrumpēre		abrumpētur		abrumpēmur		abrumpēminī		abrumpentur
	perfect	abruptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abruptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abruptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abrumpam		abrumpās		abrumpat		abrumpāmus		abrumpātis		abrumpant
	imperfect	abrumperem		abrumperēs		abrumperet		abrumperēmus		abrumperētis		abrumperent
	perfect	abrūperim		abrūperīs		abrūperit		abrūperīmus		abrūperītis		abrūperint
	pluperfect	abrūpissem		abrūpissēs		abrūpisset		abrūpissēmus		abrūpissētis		abrūpissent
passive	present	abrumpar		abrumpāris, abrumpāre		abrumpātur		abrumpāmur		abrumpāminī		abrumpantur
	imperfect	abrumperer		abrumperēris, abrumperēre		abrumperētur		abrumperēmur		abrumperēminī		abrumperentur
	perfect	abruptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abruptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abrumpe		—		—		abrumpite		—
	future	—		abrumpitō		abrumpitō		—		abrumpitōte		abrumpuntō
passive	present	—		abrumpere		—		—		abrumpiminī		—
	future	—		abrumpitor		abrumpitor		—		—		abrumpuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abrumpere			abrumpī			abrumpēns			—
future		abruptūrum esse			abruptum īrī			abruptūrus			abrumpendus, abrumpundus
perfect		abrūpisse			abruptum esse			—			abruptus
future perfect		—			abruptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		abruptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abrumpendī		abrumpendō		abrumpendum		abrumpendō		abruptum		abruptū

Derived terms

• abruptē
• abruptiō
• abruptus

Descendants

• → French: abrompre
• → English: abrupt

References

• “abrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “abrumpo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to break off in the middle of the conversation: medium sermonem abrumpere (Verg. Aen. 4. 388)