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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + currō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēcurrō (present infinitive dēcurrere, perfect active dēcurrī, supine dēcursum); third conjugation
- to run, flow, move, sail or swim down
- Synonym: dēscendō
- Antonyms: ascendō, cōnscendō, īnscendō, escendō, ēnītor, scandō, superscandō, subeō
- to charge or skirmish
- to hasten, rush down
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.21:
- Caesar, necessariis rebus imperatis, ad cohortandos milites, quam 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.
- to exercise or drill (troops)
Conjugation
- Perfect forms dēcucurrī are occasionally found.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “decurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to run obliquely down the hill: obliquo monte decurrere
- to manœuvre: decurrere (in armis)