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Catalan
Verb
excuso
- first-person singular present indicative of excusar
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + causa (“cause, reason; case”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
excūsō (present infinitive excūsāre, perfect active excūsāvī, supine excūsātum); first conjugation
- to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge
- to cite as an excuse or pretext or justification
- to exempt, dispense
- to justify by an excuse
- Saint Jerome
- Dum excusare credis, accusas
- When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself.
Conjugation
Conjugation of excūsō (first 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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excūsō
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excūsās
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excūsat
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excūsāmus
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excūsātis
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excūsant
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imperfect
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excūsābam
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excūsābās
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excūsābat
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excūsābāmus
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excūsābātis
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excūsābant
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future
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excūsābō
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excūsābis
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excūsābit
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excūsābimus
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excūsābitis
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excūsābunt
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perfect
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excūsāvī
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excūsāvistī, excūsāstī1
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excūsāvit, excūsāt1
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excūsāvimus, excūsāmus1
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excūsāvistis, excūsāstis1
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excūsāvērunt, excūsāvēre, excūsārunt1
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pluperfect
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excūsāveram, excūsāram1
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excūsāverās, excūsārās1
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excūsāverat, excūsārat1
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excūsāverāmus, excūsārāmus1
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excūsāverātis, excūsārātis1
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excūsāverant, excūsārant1
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future perfect
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excūsāverō, excūsārō1
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excūsāveris, excūsāris1
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excūsāverit, excūsārit1
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excūsāverimus, excūsārimus1
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excūsāveritis, excūsāritis1
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excūsāverint, excūsārint1
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passive
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present
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excūsor
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excūsāris, excūsāre
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excūsātur
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excūsāmur
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excūsāminī
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excūsantur
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imperfect
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excūsābar
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excūsābāris, excūsābāre
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excūsābātur
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excūsābāmur
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excūsābāminī
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excūsābantur
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future
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excūsābor
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excūsāberis, excūsābere
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excūsābitur
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excūsābimur
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excūsābiminī
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excūsābuntur
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perfect
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excūsātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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excūsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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excūsātus + 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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excūsem
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excūsēs
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excūset
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excūsēmus
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excūsētis
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excūsent
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imperfect
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excūsārem
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excūsārēs
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excūsāret
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excūsārēmus
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excūsārētis
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excūsārent
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perfect
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excūsāverim, excūsārim1
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excūsāverīs, excūsārīs1
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excūsāverit, excūsārit1
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excūsāverīmus, excūsārīmus1
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excūsāverītis, excūsārītis1
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excūsāverint, excūsārint1
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pluperfect
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excūsāvissem, excūsāssem1
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excūsāvissēs, excūsāssēs1
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excūsāvisset, excūsāsset1
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excūsāvissēmus, excūsāssēmus1
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excūsāvissētis, excūsāssētis1
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excūsāvissent, excūsāssent1
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passive
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present
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excūser
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excūsēris, excūsēre
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excūsētur
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excūsēmur
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excūsēminī
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excūsentur
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imperfect
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excūsārer
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excūsārēris, excūsārēre
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excūsārētur
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excūsārēmur
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excūsārēminī
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excūsārentur
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perfect
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excūsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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excūsātus + 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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excūsā
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—
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—
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excūsāte
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—
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future
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—
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excūsātō
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excūsātō
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—
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excūsātōte
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excūsantō
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passive
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present
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—
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excūsāre
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—
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—
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excūsāminī
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—
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future
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—
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excūsātor
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excūsātor
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—
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—
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excūsantor
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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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excūsāre
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excūsāvisse, excūsāsse1
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excūsātūrum esse
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excūsārī
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excūsātum esse
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excūsātum īrī
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participles
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excūsāns
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—
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excūsātūrus
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—
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excūsātus
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excūsandus
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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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excūsandī
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excūsandō
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excūsandum
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excūsandō
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excūsātum
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excūsātū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “excuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excuso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinem (morbum) excusare (Liv. 6. 22. 7)
- to plead ill-health as an excuse for absence: excusare morbum, valetudinem
Spanish
Verb
excuso
- first-person singular present indicative of excusar