corruo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ ruo.

Pronunciation

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
  • Romansch: 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 (2003-2025), 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.
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