recurro

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korzō

Latin currō

Latin recurrō

From re- + currō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈkʊr.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈkur.ro]

Verb

recurrō (present infinitive recurrere, perfect active recurrī, supine recursum); third conjugation

1. to run or hasten back
2. to return, revert, recur

Conjugation

• Perfect forms like recucurrī occur rarely.

   Conjugation of recurrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	recurrō		recurris		recurrit		recurrimus		recurritis		recurrunt
	imperfect	recurrēbam		recurrēbās		recurrēbat		recurrēbāmus		recurrēbātis		recurrēbant
	future	recurram		recurrēs		recurret		recurrēmus		recurrētis		recurrent
	perfect	recurrī		recurristī		recurrit		recurrimus		recurristis		recurrērunt, recurrēre
	pluperfect	recurreram		recurrerās		recurrerat		recurrerāmus		recurrerātis		recurrerant
	future perfect	recurrerō		recurreris		recurrerit		recurrerimus		recurreritis		recurrerint
passive	present	recurror		recurreris, recurrere		recurritur		recurrimur		recurriminī		recurruntur
	imperfect	recurrēbar		recurrēbāris, recurrēbāre		recurrēbātur		recurrēbāmur		recurrēbāminī		recurrēbantur
	future	recurrar		recurrēris, recurrēre		recurrētur		recurrēmur		recurrēminī		recurrentur
	perfect	recursus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	recursus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	recursus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	recurram		recurrās		recurrat		recurrāmus		recurrātis		recurrant
	imperfect	recurrerem		recurrerēs		recurreret		recurrerēmus		recurrerētis		recurrerent
	perfect	recurrerim		recurrerīs		recurrerit		recurrerīmus		recurrerītis		recurrerint
	pluperfect	recurrissem		recurrissēs		recurrisset		recurrissēmus		recurrissētis		recurrissent
passive	present	recurrar		recurrāris, recurrāre		recurrātur		recurrāmur		recurrāminī		recurrantur
	imperfect	recurrerer		recurrerēris, recurrerēre		recurrerētur		recurrerēmur		recurrerēminī		recurrerentur
	perfect	recursus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	recursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		recurre		—		—		recurrite		—
	future	—		recurritō		recurritō		—		recurritōte		recurruntō
passive	present	—		recurrere		—		—		recurriminī		—
	future	—		recurritor		recurritor		—		—		recurruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		recurrere			recurrī			recurrēns			—
future		recursūrum esse			recursum īrī			recursūrus			recurrendus, recurrundus
perfect		recurrisse			recursum esse			—			recursus
future perfect		—			recursum fore			—			—
perfect potential		recursūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		recurrendī		recurrendō		recurrendum		recurrendō		recursum		recursū

Derived terms

• recursiō
• recursō
• recursus

Related terms

• recursitō

Descendants

• Catalan: recórrer
• → English: recur, recourse
• French: recourir
• Galician: recorrer
• Italian: ricorrere
• Portuguese: recorrer
• Sicilian: ricùrriri
• Spanish: recorrer, → recurrir

References

• “recurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “recurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “recurro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

recurro

1. first-person singular present indicative of recurrir