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Galician
Verb
decerno
- first-person singular present indicative of decerner
Italian
Verb
decerno
- first-person singular present indicative of decernere
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From de- (“of; from, away from”) + cernō (“see, discern”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēcernō (present infinitive dēcernere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation
- (transitive, followed by the accusative) to decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful)
- Synonyms: statuō, cernō, parō, cōnstituō, placeō
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
- The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
- (law) to pronounce a decision concerning something; decide, determine, judge, declare, decree; vote for something
- (military) to decide by combat; fight, combat, contend
- Synonyms: dēcertō, lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, committō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō
Conjugation
Note that the dēcrēvisse is sometimes written as dēcrēsse and dēcrēverō as dēcrērō.
Conjugation of dēcernō (third conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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dēcernō
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dēcernis
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dēcernit
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dēcernimus
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dēcernitis
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dēcernunt
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imperfect
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dēcernēbam
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dēcernēbās
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dēcernēbat
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dēcernēbāmus
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dēcernēbātis
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dēcernēbant
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future
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dēcernam
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dēcernēs
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dēcernet
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dēcernēmus
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dēcernētis
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dēcernent
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perfect
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dēcrēvī
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dēcrēvistī, dēcrēstī1
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dēcrēvit, dēcrēt1
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dēcrēvimus, dēcrēmus1
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dēcrēvistis, dēcrēstis1
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dēcrēvērunt, dēcrēvēre, dēcrērunt1
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pluperfect
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dēcrēveram, dēcrēram1
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dēcrēverās, dēcrērās1
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dēcrēverat, dēcrērat1
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dēcrēverāmus, dēcrērāmus1
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dēcrēverātis, dēcrērātis1
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dēcrēverant, dēcrērant1
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future perfect
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dēcrēverō, dēcrērō1
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dēcrēveris, dēcrēris1
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dēcrēverit, dēcrērit1
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dēcrēverimus, dēcrērimus1
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dēcrēveritis, dēcrēritis1
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dēcrēverint, dēcrērint1
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passive
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present
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dēcernor
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dēcerneris, dēcernere
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dēcernitur
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dēcernimur
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dēcerniminī
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dēcernuntur
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imperfect
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dēcernēbar
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dēcernēbāris, dēcernēbāre
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dēcernēbātur
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dēcernēbāmur
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dēcernēbāminī
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dēcernēbantur
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future
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dēcernar
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dēcernēris, dēcernēre
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dēcernētur
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dēcernēmur
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dēcernēminī
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dēcernentur
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perfect
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dēcrētus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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dēcrētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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dēcrētus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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dēcernam
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dēcernās
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dēcernat
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dēcernāmus
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dēcernātis
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dēcernant
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imperfect
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dēcernerem
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dēcernerēs
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dēcerneret
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dēcernerēmus
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dēcernerētis
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dēcernerent
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perfect
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dēcrēverim, dēcrērim1
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dēcrēverīs, dēcrērīs1
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dēcrēverit, dēcrērit1
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dēcrēverīmus, dēcrērīmus1
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dēcrēverītis, dēcrērītis1
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dēcrēverint, dēcrērint1
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pluperfect
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dēcrēvissem, dēcrēssem1
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dēcrēvissēs, dēcrēssēs1
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dēcrēvisset, dēcrēsset1
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dēcrēvissēmus, dēcrēssēmus1
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dēcrēvissētis, dēcrēssētis1
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dēcrēvissent, dēcrēssent1
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passive
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present
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dēcernar
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dēcernāris, dēcernāre
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dēcernātur
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dēcernāmur
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dēcernāminī
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dēcernantur
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imperfect
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dēcernerer
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dēcernerēris, dēcernerēre
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dēcernerētur
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dēcernerēmur
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dēcernerēminī
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dēcernerentur
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perfect
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dēcrētus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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dēcrētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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dēcerne
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—
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—
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dēcernite
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—
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future
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—
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dēcernitō
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dēcernitō
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—
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dēcernitōte
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dēcernuntō
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passive
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present
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—
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dēcernere
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—
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—
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dēcerniminī
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—
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future
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—
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dēcernitor
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dēcernitor
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—
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—
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dēcernuntor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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dēcernere
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dēcrēvisse, dēcrēsse1
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dēcrētūrum esse
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dēcernī
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dēcrētum esse
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dēcrētum īrī
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participles
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dēcernēns
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—
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dēcrētūrus
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—
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dēcrētus
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dēcernendus, dēcernundus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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dēcernendī
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dēcernendō
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dēcernendum
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dēcernendō
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dēcrētum
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dēcrētū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decerno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
- to entrust some one with an official duty, a province: provinciam alicui decernere, mandare
- the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
- to decree the penalty of death: supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituere
- to fight a pitched battle: acie (armis, ferro) decernere
- the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)