corruo

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew-der.

Latin ruo

Latin corruō

From con- + ruo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.ru.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.ru.o]

Verb

corruō (present infinitive corruere, perfect active corruī, supine corrutum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive) to fall down, totter, collapse

   Synonyms: cadō, incurrō, accidō, incidō, occidō, ruō

   Antonym: orior

2. (transitive) (rare) to overthrow

   Synonyms: pellō, profligō, tollō, accidō, occidō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of corruō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	corruō		corruis		corruit		corruimus		corruitis		corruunt
	imperfect	corruēbam		corruēbās		corruēbat		corruēbāmus		corruēbātis		corruēbant
	future	corruam		corruēs		corruet		corruēmus		corruētis		corruent
	perfect	corruī		corruistī		corruit		corruimus		corruistis		corruērunt, corruēre
	pluperfect	corrueram		corruerās		corruerat		corruerāmus		corruerātis		corruerant
	future perfect	corruerō		corrueris		corruerit		corruerimus		corrueritis		corruerint
passive	present	corruor		corrueris, corruere		corruitur		corruimur		corruiminī		corruuntur
	imperfect	corruēbar		corruēbāris, corruēbāre		corruēbātur		corruēbāmur		corruēbāminī		corruēbantur
	future	corruar		corruēris, corruēre		corruētur		corruēmur		corruēminī		corruentur
	perfect	corrutus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	corrutus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	corrutus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	corruam		corruās		corruat		corruāmus		corruātis		corruant
	imperfect	corruerem		corruerēs		corrueret		corruerēmus		corruerētis		corruerent
	perfect	corruerim		corruerīs		corruerit		corruerīmus		corruerītis		corruerint
	pluperfect	corruissem		corruissēs		corruisset		corruissēmus		corruissētis		corruissent
passive	present	corruar		corruāris, corruāre		corruātur		corruāmur		corruāminī		corruantur
	imperfect	corruerer		corruerēris, corruerēre		corruerētur		corruerēmur		corruerēminī		corruerentur
	perfect	corrutus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	corrutus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		corrue		—		—		corruite		—
	future	—		corruitō		corruitō		—		corruitōte		corruuntō
passive	present	—		corruere		—		—		corruiminī		—
	future	—		corruitor		corruitor		—		—		corruuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		corruere			corruī			corruēns			—
future		corrutūrum esse			corrutum īrī			corrutūrus			corruendus
perfect		corruisse			corrutum esse			—			corrutus
future perfect		—			corrutum fore			—			—
perfect potential		corrutūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		corruendī		corruendō		corruendum		corruendō		corrutum		corrutū

Descendants

• >? French: crouler, écrouler, corruer
• >? Italian: crollare
• Romansh: crodar
• Lombard: crodar
• Piedmontese: crové

References

• “corruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corruo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “corruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “corruo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.