verbthird conjugation
currō
currō (present infinitive currere, perfect active cucurrī or currī, supine cursum)
Classical[ˈkʊr.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkur.ro]
№ 562 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- intransitiveto run
- intransitiveto hurry, hasten, speed
Caelum, nōn animum mūtant, quī trāns mare currunt.
Those who rush across the sea change their sky, not their minds20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horatius, Epistulae 1.11.27 - intransitiveto move, travel, proceed
- transitiveto run
- transitiveto travel through, traverse, run
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
celeriter pedibus eō; nūntius in tabulā currit!currō -ere cucurrī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
to run
currō -ere — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 3, 15, 16
run
currō -ere, cucurrī — in De Bello Gallico II
runs
currit — in Seneca, ch. IV
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | currō | currēbam | curram | cucurrī currī | cucurreram curreram | cucurrerō currerō |
| 2nd sg. | curris | currēbās | currēs | cucurristī curristī | cucurrerās currerās | cucurreris curreris |
| 3rd sg. | currit | currēbat | curret | cucurrit currit | cucurrerat currerat | cucurrerit currerit |
| 1st pl. | currimus | currēbāmus | currēmus | cucurrimus currimus | cucurrerāmus currerāmus | cucurrerimus currerimus |
| 2nd pl. | curritis | currēbātis | currētis | cucurristis curristis | cucurrerātis currerātis | cucurreritis curreritis |
| 3rd pl. | currunt | currēbant | current | cucurrērunt cucurrēre, currērunt, currēre | cucurrerant currerant | cucurrerint currerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | curram | currerem | cucurrerim currerim | cucurrissem currissem |
| 2nd sg. | currās | currerēs | cucurrerīs currerīs | cucurrissēs currissēs |
| 3rd sg. | currat | curreret | cucurrerit currerit | cucurrisset currisset |
| 1st pl. | currāmus | currerēmus | cucurrerīmus currerīmus | cucurrissēmus currissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | currātis | currerētis | cucurrerītis currerītis | cucurrissētis currissētis |
| 3rd pl. | currant | currerent | cucurrerint currerint | cucurrissent currissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | curror | currēbar | currar |
| 2nd sg. | curreris currere | currēbāris currēbāre | currēris currēre |
| 3rd sg. | curritur | currēbātur | currētur |
| 1st pl. | currimur | currēbāmur | currēmur |
| 2nd pl. | curriminī | currēbāminī | currēminī |
| 3rd pl. | curruntur | currēbantur | currentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | currar | currerer |
| 2nd sg. | currāris currāre | currerēris currerēre |
| 3rd sg. | currātur | currerētur |
| 1st pl. | currāmur | currerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | currāminī | currerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | currantur | currerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | curre | currere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | currite | curriminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | curritō | curritor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | curritō | curritor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | curritōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | curruntō | curruntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | currere | currī |
| perfect infinitive | cucurrisse currisse | cursum esse |
| future infinitive | cursūrum esse | cursum īrī |
| present participle | currēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | cursus cursa, cursā, cursae, cursam, cursārum, cursās, curse, cursī, cursīs, cursō, cursōrum, cursōs |
| future participle | cursūrus cursūra, cursūrā, cursūrae, cursūram, cursūrārum, cursūrās, cursūre, cursūrī, cursūrīs, cursūrō, cursūrōrum, cursūrōs, cursūrum | currendus currundus |
gerundcurrendī, currendō, currendumsupinecursum, cursū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- stadium currere (Off. 3. 10. 42)
- to run a foot-race.
- expedita et facile currens oratio
- an easy, fluent style.
curro, cŭcurri (old form cĕcurri, acc. to Gell. 7, 9, 14: curri, Varr. Imp. ap. Front. Ep. 2 Mai; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 12; Arn. 4, 4), cursum, 3, v. n. kindr. with celer, coruscus,
I. to run, to move quickly (on foot, on a horse, ship, etc.), to hasten, fly (very freq. in every period and species of composition).
I. Lit.
A. Of living beings:
si ingrederis curre, si curris advola, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: propere, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56: per vias, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24: per totum conclave pavidi, Hor. S. 2, 6, 113: circum loculos, id. ib. 2, 3, 147: subsidio, Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17.al.: in nostros toros, id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.: ad villam praecipitanter, Lucr. 3, 1063: per omne mare nautae, Hor. S. 1, 1, 30: trans mare, id. Ep. 1, 11, 27: extremos ad Indos mercator, id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.: injecto ter pulvere curras (nauta), id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.: sed neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem, his former strength, Verg. A. 12, 903: ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri, Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of distance: uno die MCCCV. stadia, Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf. in a figure: eosdem cursus, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. β infra.—Poet., of flight: medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo, Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.: quis illam (dextram) osculari non curreret? Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.—Impers.: ad me curritur, Ter. Heaut. prol. 44: curritur ad praetorium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: quo curratur celeriter, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al.—(b). Rarely with the homogeneous objects iter, stadium, campus, etc.:
qui stadium currit, who runs a race, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42: currimus aequor, Verg. A. 3, 191; 5, 235 (cf. id. ib. 5, 862).—Hence pass.: unde et campus curritur et mare navigatur, Auct. ap. Quint. 1, 4, 28.—b. Prov.: currentem incitare or instigare, etc., to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 15, 15, 3; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 45:
facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare quam commovere languentem, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 15; cf. ellipt.: quod me hortaris ... currentem tu quidem, Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2; so, currentem hortari, id. ib. 5, 9, 1; 6, 7, 1: currenti calcaria addere, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1: asellum currere doceas, i. e. you labor to no purpose, Hor. S. 1, 1, 91: per flammam, to go through fire, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—B. Transf., of inanimate objects (mostly poet.):
sol currens, Lucr. 5, 682; of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt, Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597; Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā, Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10: quam (chlamydem) circum Purpura cucurrit, Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98: rubor per ora, Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.: linea per medium, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331: limes per agrum, id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§ 243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio, id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor, Verg. A. 11, 296: carmina dulci modulatione currentia, Lact. 5, 1, 10; of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.—II. Trop.:
non quo multa parum communis littera currat, not but that they have many letters in common, Lucr. 2, 692: proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā, runs, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: historia currere debet ac ferri, Quint. 9, 4, 18: cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere, id. 9, 4, 139: numeri, id. 9, 4, 31; cf. rhythmi, id. 9, 4, 50: versus incomposito pede, Hor. S. 1, 10, 1: sententia, id. ib. 1, 10, 9: currit ferox Aetas, flies away, passes, id. C. 2, 5, 13.—B. With acc., to run, traverse (cf. I. b. supra):
eosdem cursus currere, to adopt the same policy, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44: talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae, Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. regard saecla as voc.; al. take currite as transitive, produce such ages, cause them to be such, as ye run; cf. Forbig ad loc.).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
currō cucurrī, cursus, ere
1 CEL-, to run, move quickly, hasten: propere, T.: per totum conclave pavidi, H.: fugiens hostem, H.: Plus homine, with superhuman speed, O.: ad vocem praeceps, O.: eosdem cursūs: curritur ad praetorium. —With acc: qui stadium currit, runs a race: iter aequore, V.: aequor, V.—Prov.: currentem incitare, to spur a willing horse: asellum currere doceas, i. e. you labor to no purpose, H.: per flammam, to go through fire.—Poet., of rapid motion, to sail, fly, hasten, move rapidly: per omne mare, H.: mercator ad Indos, H.: medio ut limite curras, Icare, O.—Of things, to run, flow, roll, spread, extend: amnes in aequora currunt, V.: flumina, O.: currente rotā, H.: rubor per ora, V.: rivis currentia vina, V. — Fig., to run, flow, trip, advance, move, pass away: proclivi currit oratio: versus incomposito pede, H.: nox inter pocula currat, Pr.: Aetas, H.—With acc, to run, traverse: eosdem cursūs, adopt the same policy. — Poet.: Talia saecla currite (i. e. currendo efficite), V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-é-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Cognate with currus, carrus (via Gaulish), English horse.
Insular Romance
- Sardiniancurri
- Sardiniancúrrere
- Sardiniancúrriri
Balkano-Romance
- Romaniancure
- Romaniancurge
- Romaniancurgere
- Aromaniancur
- Aromaniancurari
Gallo-Romance
- Catalancórrer
- Occitancórrer
- Occitancórrir
- Franco-Provençalcorre, corir
- Old Frenchcorre
- Old Frenchcorir
- Old Frenchcoure
- Old Frenchcourre
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecorrerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese correr
- Spanishcorrerfrom Old Spanish correr
- Aragonesecorrer
- Falacorrelfrom Old Galician-Portuguese correr
- Galiciancorrerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese correr
- Asturiancorrerfrom Old Leonese correre
- Mirandesecorrerfrom Old Leonese correre
- Leonesecorrerefrom Old Leonese correre
- Ladinokorrerfrom Old Spanish correr
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiancorrere
- Corsicancorra
- Corsicancorre
- Dalmatiancurro
- Dalmatiancuar
- Neapolitancórrere
- Siciliancùrriri
- Venetancórar
- Venetancórer
- Venetancórare
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancori
- Ladincorer
- Romanshcurrer
- Romanshcuorer
- Romanshcorrer
- Romanshcorar
Gallo-Italic
- Emiliancórrer
- Liguriancorî
- Lombardcórrer
- Lombardcorr
- Piedmontesecore
- Romagnolcòrar