verbthird conjugation
dēcurrō
dēcurrō (present infinitive dēcurrere, perfect active dēcurrī, supine dēcursum)
Classical[deːˈkʊr.roː]Ecclesiastical[deˈkur.ro]
Meaning
- to run, flow, move, sail or swim down
[...] ecce ferae, saxī dēiectae vertice, caprae / dēcurrēre iugīs; [...].
Behold! — wild goats, [which the beaters] had driven from [some] rocky peak, came running down from the ridge-tops, ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.152–153 - to charge or skirmish
- to hasten, rush down
Caesar, necessariis rebus imperatis, ad cohortandos milites, quam [in] partem fors obtulit, decucurrit et ad legionem decimam devenit.
Caesar, having given the necessary orders, hastened to and fro into whatever quarter fortune carried him, to animate the troops, and came to the tenth legion.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 2.21 - to exercise or drill (troops)
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Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēcurrō | dēcurrēbam | dēcurram | dēcurrī | dēcurreram | dēcurrerō |
| 2nd sg. | dēcurris | dēcurrēbās | dēcurrēs | dēcurristī | dēcurrerās | dēcurreris |
| 3rd sg. | dēcurrit dēcucurrit | dēcurrēbat | dēcurret | dēcurrit | dēcurrerat | dēcurrerit |
| 1st pl. | dēcurrimus | dēcurrēbāmus | dēcurrēmus | dēcurrimus | dēcurrerāmus | dēcurrerimus |
| 2nd pl. | dēcurritis | dēcurrēbātis | dēcurrētis | dēcurristis | dēcurrerātis | dēcurreritis |
| 3rd pl. | dēcurrunt | dēcurrēbant | dēcurrent | dēcurrērunt dēcurrēre | dēcurrerant | dēcurrerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēcurram | dēcurrerem | dēcurrerim | dēcurrissem |
| 2nd sg. | dēcurrās | dēcurrerēs | dēcurrerīs | dēcurrissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dēcurrat | dēcurreret | dēcurrerit | dēcurrisset |
| 1st pl. | dēcurrāmus | dēcurrerēmus | dēcurrerīmus | dēcurrissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dēcurrātis | dēcurrerētis | dēcurrerītis | dēcurrissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dēcurrant | dēcurrerent | dēcurrerint | dēcurrissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēcurror | dēcurrēbar | dēcurrar |
| 2nd sg. | dēcurreris dēcurrere | dēcurrēbāris dēcurrēbāre | dēcurrēris dēcurrēre |
| 3rd sg. | dēcurritur | dēcurrēbātur | dēcurrētur |
| 1st pl. | dēcurrimur | dēcurrēbāmur | dēcurrēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dēcurriminī | dēcurrēbāminī | dēcurrēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dēcurruntur | dēcurrēbantur | dēcurrentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēcurrar | dēcurrerer |
| 2nd sg. | dēcurrāris dēcurrāre | dēcurrerēris dēcurrerēre |
| 3rd sg. | dēcurrātur | dēcurrerētur |
| 1st pl. | dēcurrāmur | dēcurrerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dēcurrāminī | dēcurrerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dēcurrantur | dēcurrerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dēcurre | dēcurrere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dēcurrite | dēcurriminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dēcurritō | dēcurritor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dēcurritō | dēcurritor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dēcurritōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dēcurruntō | dēcurruntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dēcurrere | dēcurrī |
| perfect infinitive | dēcurrisse | dēcursum esse |
| future infinitive | dēcursūrum esse | dēcursum īrī |
| present participle | dēcurrēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | dēcursus dēcursa, dēcursā, dēcursae, dēcursam, dēcursārum, dēcursās, dēcurse, dēcursī, dēcursīs, dēcursō, dēcursōrum, dēcursōs |
| future participle | dēcursūrus dēcursūra, dēcursūrā, dēcursūrae, dēcursūram, dēcursūrārum, dēcursūrās, dēcursūre, dēcursūrī, dēcursūrīs, dēcursūrō, dēcursūrōrum, dēcursūrōs, dēcursūrum | dēcurrendus dēcurrundus, dēcurrenda, dēcurrendā, dēcurrendae, dēcurrendam, dēcurrendārum, dēcurrendās, dēcurrende, dēcurrendīs, dēcurrendōrum, dēcurrendōs |
gerunddēcurrendī, dēcurrendō, dēcurrendumsupinedēcursum, dēcursū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- decurrere (in armis)
- to manœuvre.
- obliquo monte decurrere
- to run obliquely down the hill.
dē-curro, cŭcurri
I. or curri (cf.:
decucurrit, Caes. B. G. 2, 21; Tac. A. 2, 7; Suet. Ner. 11: decucurrerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; Petr. 64, 3: decucurrerat, Liv. 1, 12: decucurrisse, id. 25, 17; also, decurrerunt, id. 26, 51; 38, 8: decurrēre, Verg. A. 4, 153; 11, 189: decurrisset, Liv. 33, 26), cursum, 3, v. n. and (with homogeneous objects, viam, spatium, trop. aetatem, etc.) a., to run down from a higher point; to flow, move, sail, swim down; to run over, run through, traverse (class. and very freq.). —I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(a). Neutr.:
de tribunali decurrit, Liv. 4, 50: Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arcs, Verg. A. 2, 41; cf.: ab agro Lanuvino, Hor. Od. 3, 27, 3; for which merely with the abl.: altā decurrens arce, Verg. A. 11, 490; cf.: jugis, id. ib. 4, 153: Caesar ad cohortandos milites decucurrit, Caes. B. G. 2, 21; Suet. Ner. 11: ad naves decurrunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 28, 3; cf.: ad mare, Liv. 41, 2: ego puto te bellissime cum quaestore Mescinio decursurum (viz., on board ship), Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 3; cf.: tuto mari, to sail, Ov. M. 9, 591: celeri cymbā, id. F. 6, 77: pedibus siccis super summa aequora, id. M. 14, 50: piscis ad hamum, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 74: monte decurrens velut amnis, id. Od. 4, 2, 5; Liv. 38, 13; Ov. M. 3, 569: uti naves decurrerent, should sail, Tac. A. 15, 43: in insulam quamdam decurrentes, sailing to, Vulg. Act. 27, 16: amnis Iomanes in Gangen per Palibothros decurrit, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 69: in mare, Liv. 21, 26.—Pass. impers.: nunc video calcem, ad quam cum sit decursum, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: quo decursum prope jam siet, Lucr. 2, 962.—(b). Act.:
septingenta milia passuum vis esse decursa biduo? run through, Cic. Quint. 21, 81: decurso spatio ad carceres, id. Sen. 23, 83; cf., with the accessory idea of completion: nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari, id. de Sen. 23, 83; and: decursa novissima meta, Ov. M. 10, 597: vada salsa puppi, Catull. 64, 6.—2. Transf., of the stars (poet.), to accomplish their course: stellaeque per vacuum solitae noctis decurrere tempus, Lucan. 1, 531; cf.
lampas, id. 10, 501. —B. Esp., milit. t. t., to go through military exercises or manœuvres, to advance rapidly, to charge, skirmish, etc.:
pedites decurrendo signa sequi et servare ordines docuit, while performing evolutions, Liv. 24, 48; cf. id. 23, 35; 26, 51; 40, 6 al.: ex montibus in vallem, Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 4; cf.: ex omnibus partibus, id. ib. 3, 4: ex superiore loco, Liv. 6, 33: ex Capitolio in hostem, id. 9, 4: ab arce, id. 1, 12: inde (sc. a Janiculo), id. 2, 10 et saep.: incredibili celeritate ad flumen, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7.—Pass. impers.: quinto (die) iterum in armis de cursum est, Liv. 26, 51.—2. Transf., to walk or run in armor, in celebrating some festival (usually in funeral games):
(in funere Gracchi tradunt) armatum exercitum decucurrisse cum tripudiis Hispanorum, Liv. 25, 17: ter circum rogos, cincti fulgentibus armis, decurrēre, Verg. A. 11, 189; Tac. A. 2, 7; Suet. Claud. 1 (v. decursio). —II. Trop.
A. In gen.
(a). Neutr.:
quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acreis, Lucr. 3, 312; 4, 706; 5, 1262: quibus generibus per totas quaestiones decurrimus, go over or through, Quint. 9, 2, 48; cf. id. 10, 3, 17; Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 72: omnium eo sententiae decurrerunt, ut, pax, etc., come to, Liv. 38, 8: ides se non illuc decurrere, quod, Tac. A. 4, 40: ad Philotam, Curt. 7, 1, 28: ad consulendum te, Plin. Ep. 10, 96.—Pass. impers.: decurritur ad leniorem sententiam, they come to, Liv. 6, 19; Quint. 6, 1, 2: sermo extra calcem decurrens, Amm. 21, 1, 14: postremo eo decursum est, ut, etc., Liv. 26, 18; so id. 22, 31; 31, 20; Tac. A. 3, 59.—(b). Act., to run or pass through:
decurso aetatis spatio, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14; and so of one's course of life, id. Merc. 3, 2, 4; Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6; Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; cf.: lumen vitae, Lucr. 3, 1042: noctis iter, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, p. 6 Müll. (v. 347 Ribb.): vitam, Prop. 2, 15, 41; Phaedr. 4, 1, 2; aetatem (with agere), Cic. Quint. 31 fin.: tuque ades inceptumque unā decurre laborem (the fig. is that of sailing in a vessel; cf. soon after: pelagoque volans da vela patenti), Verg. G. 2, 39 Heyne: ista, quae abs te breviter de arte decursa sunt, treated, discussed, Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 148; cf.: equos pugnasque virum decurrere versu, to sing, Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 149: prius ... quam mea tot laudes decurrere carmina possint, Auct. Paneg. in Pis. 198.—B. In partic.
1. Pregn.: ad aliquid, to betake one's self to, have recourse to:
ad haec extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas, ut, etc., Cic. Quint. 15; so, ad istam hortationem, id. Caecin. 33, 65: ad medicamenta, Cels. 6, 18, 3: ad oraculum, Just. 16, 3: ad miseras preces, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 59: Haemonias ad artes, Ov. A. A. 2, 99; cf.: assuetas ad artes (Circe), id. Rem. Am. 287. Rarely to persons: ad Alexandri exercitum, Just. 14, 2.—Pass. impers.: decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C.... DENT OPERAM CONSVLES, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3.—2. Of the heavenly bodies, to set, move downwards:
qua sol decurrit meridies nuncupatur, Mel. 1, 1, 1; Manil. 1, 505.—With acc., to traverse, Tibull. 4, 1, 160.—3. In the rhetor. lang. of Quint., said of speech, to run on, Quint. 9, 4, 55 sq.; 11, 1, 6; 12, 9, 2 al.—
4. Proverb., to run through, i. e. to leave off:
quadrigae meae decucurrerunt (sc. ex quo podagricus factus sum), i. e. my former cheerfulness is at an end, is gone, Petr. 64, 3.—So, haec (vitia) aetate sunt decursa, laid aside, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dē-currō cucurrī or currī, cursus, ere,
to run down, hasten down, run, hasten: rus, make an excursion: de tribunali, L.: summā ab arce, V.: iugis, V.: Monte decurrens amnis, H.: tuto mari, to sail, O.: pedibus siccis super summa aequora, O.: ad navïs, Cs.: in mare, L.—To run over, run through, traverse: septingenta milia passuum decursa: decurso spatio: decursa novissima meta est, passed, O.—Esp., of troops, to march, effect a movement, move, manœuvre: crebro, L.: ex montibus in vallem, Cs.: ab arce, L.: incredibili celeritate ad flumen, Cs.: in armis, L.—Of a formal procession, to march, move: exercitum decucurisse cum tripudiis Hispanorum, L.: circum accensos rogos, V.— Of ships, to land, come to land: Syracusas ex alto, L.—Fig., to come, come away, hasten: omnium eo sententiae decurrerunt, ut, etc., L.: decurritur ad leniorem sententiam, ut, etc., L.: eo decursum est, ut, etc., the conclusion was reached, L. — To pass, traverse, run over, pass through: aetate decursā: inceptum unā decurre laborem, V.: ista, quae abs te breviter decursa sunt, treated.—To betake oneself, have recourse: ad haec extrema iura: ad miseras preces, H.: alio, H.: decurritur ad illud extremum, S., C., Cs.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindēcurrō
Latin dē- Latin currō Latin dēcurrō From dē- + currō.
Descendants
- Catalandecórrer
- Italiandecorrere
- Portuguesedecorrer
- Spanishdecorrerse
- Galiciandecorrer