verbthird conjugation
percurrō
percurrō (present infinitive percurrere, perfect active percucurrī, supine percursum)
Classical[pɛrˈkʊr.roː]Ecclesiastical[perˈkur.ro]
Meaning
- to run, hasten or pass through, traverse, pass or run over or along; stroke
- to wind or bend around
- figurativelyto mention briefly or cursorily
- figurativelyto scan (briefly), look over; review
- figuratively(of feelings) to run through, penetrate, agitate
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
run along
percurrō -ere — in De Bello Gallico II
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percurrō | percurrēbam | percurram | percucurrī | percucurreram | percucurrerō |
| 2nd sg. | percurris | percurrēbās | percurrēs | percucurristī | percucurrerās | percucurreris |
| 3rd sg. | percurrit | percurrēbat | percurret | percucurrit | percucurrerat | percucurrerit percurrerit |
| 1st pl. | percurrimus | percurrēbāmus | percurrēmus | percucurrimus | percucurrerāmus | percucurrerimus |
| 2nd pl. | percurritis | percurrēbātis | percurrētis | percucurristis | percucurrerātis | percucurreritis |
| 3rd pl. | percurrunt | percurrēbant | percurrent | percucurrērunt percucurrēre | percucurrerant | percucurrerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percurram | percurrerem | percucurrerim | percucurrissem |
| 2nd sg. | percurrās | percurrerēs | percucurrerīs | percucurrissēs |
| 3rd sg. | percurrat | percurreret | percucurrerit percurrerit | percucurrisset |
| 1st pl. | percurrāmus | percurrerēmus | percucurrerīmus | percucurrissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | percurrātis | percurrerētis | percucurrerītis | percucurrissētis |
| 3rd pl. | percurrant | percurrerent | percucurrerint | percucurrissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percurror | percurrēbar | percurrar |
| 2nd sg. | percurreris percurrere | percurrēbāris percurrēbāre | percurrēris percurrēre |
| 3rd sg. | percurritur | percurrēbātur | percurrētur |
| 1st pl. | percurrimur | percurrēbāmur | percurrēmur |
| 2nd pl. | percurriminī | percurrēbāminī | percurrēminī |
| 3rd pl. | percurruntur | percurrēbantur | percurrentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percurrar | percurrerer |
| 2nd sg. | percurrāris percurrāre | percurrerēris percurrerēre |
| 3rd sg. | percurrātur | percurrerētur |
| 1st pl. | percurrāmur | percurrerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | percurrāminī | percurrerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | percurrantur | percurrerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | percurre | percurrere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | percurrite | percurriminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | percurritō | percurritor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | percurritō | percurritor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | percurritōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | percurruntō | percurruntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | percurrere | percurrī |
| perfect infinitive | percucurrisse | percursum esse |
| future infinitive | percursūrum esse | percursum īrī |
| present participle | percurrēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | percursus percursa, percursā, percursae, percursam, percursārum, percursās, percurse, percursī, percursīs, percursō, percursōrum, percursōs |
| future participle | percursūrus percursūra, percursūrā, percursūrae, percursūram, percursūrārum, percursūrās, percursūre, percursūrī, percursūrīs, percursūrō, percursūrōrum, percursūrōs, percursūrum | percurrendus percurrundus, percurrenda, percurrendā, percurrendae, percurrendam, percurrendārum, percurrendās, percurrende, percurrendīs, percurrendōrum, percurrendōs |
gerundpercurrendī, percurrendō, percurrendumsupinepercursum, percursū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- legendo percurrere aliquid
- to read cursorily.
per-curro, percŭcurri or percurri, percursum, 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to run through, hasten through; to pass through, traverse, run over, pass over or along class.; syn. peragro).
A. Lit.:
percurrere agrum Picenum, Caes. B. C. 1, 15: labro calamos, Lucr. 4, 588: rapido percurrens turbine campos, id. 1, 273: pollice chordas, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27: conventus, Hirt. B. G. 8, 46: Tenchteros et Cattos, Flor. 4, 12: aristas, to speed over, Ov. M. 10, 655: percurrens luna fenestras, Prop. 1, 3, 31: pectine telas, Verg. A. 7, 14; id. G. 1, 294: ignea rima micans percurrit lumine nimbos, id. A. 8, 392: tempora nodo, i. e. to wind or bind round, Val. Fl. 6, 63.—Pass., Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83: hortus fontano umore percurritur, Pall. 1, 6.—B. Trop., to run through:
amplissimos honores percucurrit, i. e. filled the highest offices one after another, Suet. Ner. 3: quaesturam, praeturam, id. Tib. 9; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 7.—In pass.: percursis honorum gradibus, Amm. 15, 13, 2.—2. To run over in speaking, to mention cursorily:
partes, quas modo percucurri, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52: quae breviter a te percursa sunt, id. ib. 1, 47, 205: multas res oratione, id. Div. 2, 46, 96: omnia poenarum nomina, Verg. A. 6, 627: celebres in eā arte quam maximā brevitate, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53: modice beneficia, to mention in a cursory manner, Tac. A. 4, 40: paucis, quae cujusque ductu gens, Vell. 2, 38, 1; Juv. 10, 225.—3. To run over in the mind or with the eye, to scan briefly, to look over:
multa animo et cogitatione, multa etiam legendo, Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 218: atque id percurram brevi, id. Div. in Caecil. 32, 94: oculo, to run over, Hor. S. 2, 5, 55: paginas in annalious magistratuum, to run through, to look over, Liv. 9, 18, 12: pugnas, Val. Fl. 6, 600.—Impers. pass., Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—4. Of feelings, sensations, to run through, penetrate, agitate:
omnium pectora occulto metu percurrente, Curt. 4, 12, 14. —II. Neutr., to run, run along to or over any thing (class.):
curriculo percurre (ad villam), run thither quickly, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11: ad forum, id. And. 2, 2, 18: ad aliquem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 4: per temonem (currūs), to run along the pole, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.: per mare et terras, Lucr. 6, 668.— B. Trop. (very rare), to pass; with per, to run over in speaking, touch upon in succession:
nam per omnis civitates quae decumas habent, percurrit oratio mea, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 100.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-currō percucurrī or percurrī, cursus, ere,
to run, run along, run all the way, run through, hasten through, traverse, run over, pass over: curriculo percurre (ad villam), run quickly, T.: per temonem (currūs), along the pole, Cs.: agrum Picenum, Cs.: aristas, speed over, O.: pectine telas, V.: rima percurrit lumine nimbos, V.—Fig., of speech, to run over, go through, treat in succession: per omnīs civitates percurrit mea oratio: partes, quas modo percucurri: multas res oratione: Percurram quot villas possideat, Iu.—Of thought or vision, to run over, scan briefly, look over: id brevi: oculo, H.: paginas in annalibus magistratuum, look over, L.—Of feeling, to run through, penetrate: pectora metu percurrente, Cu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Latin percurrō From per- (“through, along; during”) + currō (“run; hurry; travel”).
Descendants
- Englishparkour
- Englishpercur
- Frenchparcourir
- Italianpercorrere
- Portuguesepercorrer
- Spanishpercorrer
- Asturianpercorrer
In English words that came into English from percurrō
- percurrentpercurrens
- percursorypercursor