Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 476.currō on page 476
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currere to run
currere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to run.
Definitions for currere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to run, rush, move quickly
English derivatives:
current cursive cursory course coarse discursive incur occur recur
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To run (trot, gallop, etc.). (b) (w. exprs. implying purpose). (c) (prov.) ~rentem incitare (etc.), to spur a willing horse, urge on one who is hastening.
- 2
To hurry, hasten; (w. in+acc.) to hasten to adopt (a motion). (b) to run to consult.
- 3
To travel quickly (otherwise than by foot), speed: (a) (by sea, of men or ships; also of fish). (b) (on horseback or in a vehicle; also, of vehicles). (c) (through the air).
- 4
(of things other than vehicles or sim.) To move or travel swiftly, run, roll, etc. (b) (of heavenly bodies). (c) (of liquids) to flow swiftly, run. (d) (of non-material things).
- 5
(of speech, verse, writing) To run fluently, proceed quickly or smoothly. (b) (w. pred.) to run (in a particular way).
Sentences with currere
Latin to English
Cum cūrā trāns urbem cucurrimus.Compare We ran with care (carefully) across the city.
Celer rūmor (celeris fāma) per omnem terram cucurrit.Compare Swift rumor ran through every land.
Illī quattuor virī miserī, ā tyrannō vīsī, trāns fīnem cucurrērunt.Compare Those four unfortunate men, when seen by the tyrant, ran across the border.
Qui stadium curro, enitor debeo ut vinco.Compare He, who runs in the race, ought to strive to conquer.
Cur non idem nunc cursus, qui antea, curro?Compare Why have they not run the same course now, that they ran before?
Curro, et quamprimum hic rideo venio.Compare Run, and come as soon as you can to laugh at these things.
Conjugation table for currere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| currō curris currit currimus curritis currunt | currēbam currēbās currēbat currēbāmus currēbātis currēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| cucurrī cucurristī cucurrit cucurrimus cucurristis cucurrērunt / cucurrēre | cucurreram cucurrerās cucurrerat cucurrerāmus cucurrerātis cucurrerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| curram currēs curret currēmus currētis current | cucurrerō cucurreris cucurrerit cucurrerimus cucurreritis cucurrerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| curram currās currat currāmus currātis currant | currerem currerēs curreret currerēmus currerētis currerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| cucurrerim cucurreris cucurrerit cucurrerimus cucurreritis cucurrerint | cucurrissem cucurrissēs cucurrisset cucurrissēmus cucurrissētis cucurrissent |
Infinitive present currere Infinitive perfect cucurrisse Infinitive future cursūrum esse | Imperative present curre currite Imperative future curritō curritō curritōte curruntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| curror curreris curritur currimur curriminī curruntur | currēbar currēbāris / currēbāre currēbātur currēbāmur currēbāminī currēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| cursus sum cursus es cursus est cursī sumus cursī estis cursī sunt | cursus eram cursus erās cursus erat cursī erāmus cursī erātis cursī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| currar currēris / currēre currētur currēmur currēminī currentur | cursus erō cursus eris cursus erit cursī erimus cursī eritis cursī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| currar currāris / currāre currātur currāmur currāminī currantur | currerer currerēris / currerēre currerētur currerēmur currerēminī currerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| cursus sim cursus sīs cursus sit cursī sīmus cursī sītis cursī sint | cursus essem cursus essēs cursus esset cursī essēmus cursī essētis cursī essent |
Infinitive present currī Infinitive perfect cursum esse Infinitive future cursum īrī | Imperative present currere curriminī Imperative future curritor curritor - curruntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | currēns | currentēs |
| Gen. | currentis | currentium |
| Dat. | currentī | currentibus |
| Acc. | currentem | currentēs |
| Abl. | currente | currentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | cursūrus | cursūrī |
| Gen. | cursūrī | cursūrōrum |
| Dat. | cursūrō | cursūrīs |
| Acc. | cursūrum | cursūrōs |
| Abl. | cursūrō | cursūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | cursus | cursī |
| Gen. | cursī | cursōrum |
| Dat. | cursō | cursīs |
| Acc. | cursum | cursōs |
| Abl. | cursō | cursīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | currendus | currendī |
| Gen. | currendī | currendōrum |
| Dat. | currendō | currendīs |
| Acc. | currendum | currendōs |
| Abl. | currendō | currendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | currere | cursum |
| Gen. | currendī | cursū |
| Dat. | currendō | |
| Acc. | currendum | |
| Abl. | currendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 93.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 476.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "currō, currere, cucurrī, cursum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/curro-currere-cucurri-cursum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 93.currō, currere, cucurrī, cursum on page 93
