recuso

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See also: recusó

Latin

Etymology

re- +‎ causa +‎

Pronunciation

Verb

recūsō (present infinitive recūsāre, perfect active recūsāvī, supine recūsātum); first conjugation

  1. to refuse, decline, reject
    Synonyms: negō, renuō, dēnegō, abnuō
    Antonyms: accipiō, recipiō, concordō, consentiō, adnuō, aiō
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
      Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.
      If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.
  2. (law) to protest, object
    Synonyms: repugnō, oppōnō

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

References

  • recuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • recuso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to avoid no risk in order to..: nullum periculum recusare pro
    • I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: re‧cu‧so

Verb

recuso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of recusar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈkuso/
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: re‧cu‧so

Verb

recuso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of recusar