corrumpo

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ rumpō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈrum.poː/, [kɔrˈrʊmpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrum.po/, [korˈrumpo]

Verb

corrumpō (present infinitive corrumpere, perfect active corrūpī, supine corruptum); third conjugation

1. to pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect

   Synonyms: delēniō, aggredior

   • 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 7.12.18:

     Et manifestātum est mihi quoniam bona sunt quae corrumpuntur.

     And it was made clear to me that all things are good even if they are corrupted.

2. to gain to oneself by gifts, etc.; bribe

   Synonym: largior

3. to spoil or rot
4. to taint or contaminate
5. to tempt or seduce

Conjugation

Conjugation of corrumpō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	corrumpō	corrumpis	corrumpit	corrumpimus	corrumpitis	corrumpunt
	imperfect	corrumpēbam	corrumpēbās	corrumpēbat	corrumpēbāmus	corrumpēbātis	corrumpēbant
	future	corrumpam	corrumpēs	corrumpet	corrumpēmus	corrumpētis	corrumpent
	perfect	corrūpī	corrūpistī	corrūpit	corrūpimus	corrūpistis	corrūpērunt, corrūpēre
	pluperfect	corrūperam	corrūperās	corrūperat	corrūperāmus	corrūperātis	corrūperant
	future perfect	corrūperō	corrūperis	corrūperit	corrūperimus	corrūperitis	corrūperint
passive	present	corrumpor	corrumperis, corrumpere	corrumpitur	corrumpimur	corrumpiminī	corrumpuntur
	imperfect	corrumpēbar	corrumpēbāris, corrumpēbāre	corrumpēbātur	corrumpēbāmur	corrumpēbāminī	corrumpēbantur
	future	corrumpar	corrumpēris, corrumpēre	corrumpētur	corrumpēmur	corrumpēminī	corrumpentur
	perfect	corruptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	corruptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	corruptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	corrumpam	corrumpās	corrumpat	corrumpāmus	corrumpātis	corrumpant
	imperfect	corrumperem	corrumperēs	corrumperet	corrumperēmus	corrumperētis	corrumperent
	perfect	corrūperim	corrūperīs	corrūperit	corrūperīmus	corrūperītis	corrūperint
	pluperfect	corrūpissem	corrūpissēs	corrūpisset	corrūpissēmus	corrūpissētis	corrūpissent
passive	present	corrumpar	corrumpāris, corrumpāre	corrumpātur	corrumpāmur	corrumpāminī	corrumpantur
	imperfect	corrumperer	corrumperēris, corrumperēre	corrumperētur	corrumperēmur	corrumperēminī	corrumperentur
	perfect	corruptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	corruptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	corrumpe	—	—	corrumpite	—
	future	—	corrumpitō	corrumpitō	—	corrumpitōte	corrumpuntō
passive	present	—	corrumpere	—	—	corrumpiminī	—
	future	—	corrumpitor	corrumpitor	—	—	corrumpuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		corrumpere	corrūpisse	corruptūrum esse	corrumpī	corruptum esse	corruptum īrī
participles		corrumpēns	—	corruptūrus	—	corruptus	corrumpendus, corrumpundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		corrumpendī	corrumpendō	corrumpendum	corrumpendō	corruptum	corruptū

Derived terms

• corruptus
• corruptiō

Descendants

• Catalan: corrompre
• English: corrupt
• Old French: corrompre
  • French: corrompre
  • Norman: corroumpre
• Galician: corromper
• German: korrumpieren
• Italian: corrompere
• Portuguese: corromper
• Romanian: corupe
• Spanish: corromper
• Swedish: korrumpera

References

• “corrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corrumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
    
  • to be demoralised, corrupted: corrumpi, depravari