cerno

Catalan

Verb

cerno

1. first-person singular present indicative form of cerndre

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Italian

Verb

cerno

1. first-person singular present indicative of cernere

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krinō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

Cognate to Ancient Greek κρίνω (krínō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.noː/, [ˈkɛr.noː]

Verb

cernō (present infinitive cernere, perfect active crēvī, supine crētum); third conjugation

1. I separate, sift
2. I distinguish, discern, see
3. I perceive
4. I decide

Inflection

Conjugation of cerno (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cernō	cernis	cernit	cernimus	cernitis	cernunt
	imperfect	cernēbam	cernēbās	cernēbat	cernēbāmus	cernēbātis	cernēbant
	future	cernam	cernēs	cernet	cernēmus	cernētis	cernent
	perfect	crēvī	crēvistī, crēsti1	crēvit	crēvimus	crēvistis, crēstis1	crēvērunt, crēvēre
	pluperfect	crēveram	crēverās	crēverat	crēverāmus	crēverātis	crēverant
	future perfect	crēverō	crēveris	crēverit	crēverimus	crēveritis	crēverint
passive	present	cernor	cerneris, cernere	cernitur	cernimur	cerniminī	cernuntur
	imperfect	cernēbar	cernēbāris, cernēbāre	cernēbātur	cernēbāmur	cernēbāminī	cernēbantur
	future	cernar	cernēris, cernēre	cernētur	cernēmur	cernēminī	cernentur
	perfect	crētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	crētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	crētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cernam	cernās	cernat	cernāmus	cernātis	cernant
	imperfect	cernerem	cernerēs	cerneret	cernerēmus	cernerētis	cernerent
	perfect	crēverim	crēverīs	crēverit	crēverīmus	crēverītis	crēverint
	pluperfect	crēvissem, crēssem1	crēvissēs, crēsses1	crēvisset, crēsset1	crēvissēmus, crēssemus1	crēvissētis, crēssetis1	crēvissent, crēssent1
passive	present	cernar	cernāris, cernāre	cernātur	cernāmur	cernāminī	cernantur
	imperfect	cernerer	cernerēris, cernerēre	cernerētur	cernerēmur	cernerēminī	cernerentur
	perfect	crētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	crētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cerne	—	—	cernite	—
	future	—	cernitō	cernitō	—	cernitōte	cernuntō
passive	present	—	cernere	—	—	cerniminī	—
	future	—	cernitor	cernitor	—	—	cernuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cernere	crēvisse, crēsse1	crētūrus esse	cernī	crētus esse	crētum īrī
participles		cernēns	—	crētūrus	—	crētus	cernendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		cernere	cernendī	cernendō	cernendum	crētum	crētū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Terms derived from cerno

• certus
• concernō
• crētiō
• crētus
• crībrum

• crīmen
• dēcernō
• discernō
• excernō

• incernō
• sēcernō
• succernō
• supercernō

Descendants

• Aromanian: ntsernu, ntsearniri
• Catalan: cerndre
• French: cerner
• Friulian: cerni

• Italian: cernere
• Portuguese: cernir
• Romanian: cerne
• Romansh: tscherner, tscharner

• Sardinian: cèrri, cèrriri, chèrrere
• Spanish: cerner
• Venetian: sernìr, sèrner

References

• cerno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cerno in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cerno” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to see clearly, distinctly: cernere et videre aliquid
    
  • the world of sense, the visible world: res quas oculis cernimus
    
  • it is evident from..: cernitur (in) aliqua re (not ex aliqua re)
    
  • to take possession of an inheritance: hereditatem adire, cernere