decerno
Italian
Verb
decerno
Latin
Etymology
From de- (“of; from, away from”) + cernō (“see, discern”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈker.noː/, [d̪eːˈkɛrnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃer.no/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛrno]
Verb
dēcernō (present infinitive dēcernere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation
- (transitive, followed by the accusative) I decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful).
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
- The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
- Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
- (law) I pronounce a decision concerning something; decide, determine, judge, declare, decree; vote for something.
- (military) I decide by combat; fight, combat, contend.
Conjugation
Note that the dēcrēvisse is sometimes written as dēcrēsse and dēcrēverō as dēcrērō.
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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References
- “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decerno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
- to entrust some one with an official duty, a province: provinciam alicui decernere, mandare
- the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
- to decree the penalty of death: supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituere
- to fight a pitched battle: acie (armis, ferro) decernere
- the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
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