LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

perūrō

perūrō (present infinitive perūrere, perfect active perussī, supine perustum)
Classical[pɛˈruː.roː]Ecclesiastical[peˈruː.ro]

Meaning

  1. to burn completely; burn up, consume

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perūrōperūrēbamperūramperussīperusseramperusserō
2nd sg.perūrisperūrēbāsperūrēsperussistīperusserāsperusseris
3rd sg.perūritperūrēbatperūretperussitperusseratperusserit
1st pl.perūrimusperūrēbāmusperūrēmusperussimusperusserāmusperusserimus
2nd pl.perūritisperūrēbātisperūrētisperussistisperusserātisperusseritis
3rd pl.perūruntperūrēbantperūrentperussērunt
perussēre
perusserantperusserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perūramperūreremperusserimperussissem
2nd sg.perūrāsperūrerēsperusserīsperussissēs
3rd sg.perūratperūreretperusseritperussisset
1st pl.perūrāmusperūrerēmusperusserīmusperussissēmus
2nd pl.perūrātisperūrerētisperusserītisperussissētis
3rd pl.perūrantperūrerentperusserintperussissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.perūrorperūrēbarperūrar
2nd sg.perūreris
perūrere
perūrēbāris
perūrēbāre
perūrēris
perūrēre
3rd sg.perūriturperūrēbāturperūrētur
1st pl.perūrimurperūrēbāmurperūrēmur
2nd pl.perūriminīperūrēbāminīperūrēminī
3rd pl.perūrunturperūrēbanturperūrentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.perūrarperūrerer
2nd sg.perūrāris
perūrāre
perūrerēris
perūrerēre
3rd sg.perūrāturperūrerētur
1st pl.perūrāmurperūrerēmur
2nd pl.perūrāminīperūrerēminī
3rd pl.perūranturperūrerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perūreperūrere
pres. 2nd pl.perūriteperūriminī
fut. 2nd sg.perūritōperūritor
fut. 3rd sg.perūritōperūritor
fut. 2nd pl.perūritōte—
fut. 3rd pl.perūruntōperūruntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperūrereperūrī
perfect infinitiveperussisseperustum esse
future infinitiveperustūrum esseperustum īrī
present participleperūrēns—
perfect participle—perustus
perusa, perusā, perusae, perusam, perusārum, perusās, peruse, perusī, perusīs, perusō, perusōrum, perusōs, perusta, perustā, perustae, perustam, perustārum, perustās, peruste, perustī, perustīs, perustō, perustōrum, perustōs, perusum, perusus
future participleperustūrus
perustūra, perustūrā, perustūrae, perustūram, perustūrārum, perustūrās, perustūre, perustūrī, perustūrīs, perustūrō, perustūrōrum, perustūrōs, perustūrum, perusūra, perusūrā, perusūrae, perusūram, perusūrārum, perusūrās, perusūre, perusūrī, perusūrīs, perusūrō, perusūrōrum, perusūrōs, perusūrum, perusūrus
perūrendus
perūrundus, perūrenda, perūrendā, perūrendae, perūrendam, perūrendārum, perūrendās, perūrende, perūrendīs, perūrendōrum, perūrendōs
gerundperūrendī, perūrendō, perūrendumsupineperustum, perustū

pĕr-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a.,
I. to burn through and through; hence,
I. Lit.
A. To burn up, consume: perussit ignis multa, Lucr. 5, 396: perusti late agri, Liv. 24, 20: vas, Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 165.—Esp., to be burned or scorched by the sun: Libyco sole perusta coma, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 46. mixti Garamante perusto, sunburned, swarthy, Luc. 4, 679: perusti Indiae populi, Sen. Med. 484: zona perusta, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 8.—
B. To heat, burn, inflame: febri peruri, Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 4: sitis praecipue fatigatas perurebat, Curt. 4, 16, 12.—
C. To inflame, gall, rub sore: Ibericis peruste funibus latus, Hor. Epod. 4, 3: oneri colla perusta, Ov. P. 1, 5, 24: tempora, Luc. 6, 193.—
2. Transf., of cold, to nip, pinch: substramentis per hiemem operito, ne peruratur, Cato, R. R. 161: aliquid frigore, Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 6: terra perusta gelu, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 48: perurere congelationibus vulnera, Col. 4, 8, 2.—
II. Trop., to burn, inflame, consume: hominem perustum gloriā volunt incendere, Cic. Fam. 13, 15, 2: valido perurimur aestu, Ov. A. A. 3, 543: (uniones), qui male cor meum perurunt, Mart. 12, 49, 9: intestina, Cat. 78, 3: pectus curis, Sen. Med. 547; Val. Fl. 1, 76: paupertatis maledictum quosdam perurit, Sen. Const. Sap. 17, 2.

Origins

From per- (“completely”) + ūrō (“to burn, consume, or inflame”).

Quick answers

What does perūrō mean in Latin?
perūrō, a verb, means “to burn completely; burn up, consume”.
What are the principal parts of perūrō?
perūrō, perūrere, perussī, perustum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce perūrō?
In classical Latin, [pɛˈruː.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [peˈruː.ro].