decurro
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈkur.roː/, [d̪eːˈkʊrːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈkur.ro/, [d̪eˈkurːo]
Verb
dēcurrō (present infinitive dēcurrere, perfect active dēcurrī, supine dēcursum); third conjugation
- I run, flow, move, sail or swim down
- I charge or skirmish
- I hasten, rush down
- I exercise or drill (troops)
Conjugation
- Perfect forms dēcucurrī are occasionally found.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: decórrer
- Italian: decorrere
- Portuguese: decorrer
- Spanish: decorrerse
References
- “decurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to run obliquely down the hill: obliquo monte decurrere
- to manœuvre: decurrere (in armis)
- to run obliquely down the hill: obliquo monte decurrere