excuso

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See also: excusó

Catalan

Verb

excuso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of excusar

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ causa (cause, reason; case) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

excūsō (present infinitive excūsāre, perfect active excūsāvī, supine excūsātum); first conjugation

  1. to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge
  2. to cite as an excuse or pretext or justification
  3. to exempt, dispense
  4. to justify by an excuse
    • Saint Jerome
      Dum excusare credis, accusas
      When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself.

Conjugation

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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of excusar