corrumpo

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ rumpō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈrum.poː/, [kɔrˈrʊmpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrum.po/, [korˈrumpo]

Verb

corrumpō (present infinitive corrumpere, perfect active corrūpī, supine corruptum); third conjugation

1. to pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect

   Synonyms: delēniō, aggredior

   • 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 7.12.18:

     Et manifestātum est mihi quoniam bona sunt quae corrumpuntur.

     And it was made clear to me that all things are good even if they are corrupted.

2. to gain to oneself by gifts, etc.; bribe

   Synonym: largior

3. to spoil or rot
4. to taint or contaminate
5. to tempt or seduce

Conjugation

   Conjugation of corrumpō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	corrumpō		corrumpis		corrumpit		corrumpimus		corrumpitis		corrumpunt
	imperfect	corrumpēbam		corrumpēbās		corrumpēbat		corrumpēbāmus		corrumpēbātis		corrumpēbant
	future	corrumpam		corrumpēs		corrumpet		corrumpēmus		corrumpētis		corrumpent
	perfect	corrūpī		corrūpistī		corrūpit		corrūpimus		corrūpistis		corrūpērunt, corrūpēre
	pluperfect	corrūperam		corrūperās		corrūperat		corrūperāmus		corrūperātis		corrūperant
	future perfect	corrūperō		corrūperis		corrūperit		corrūperimus		corrūperitis		corrūperint
passive	present	corrumpor		corrumperis, corrumpere		corrumpitur		corrumpimur		corrumpiminī		corrumpuntur
	imperfect	corrumpēbar		corrumpēbāris, corrumpēbāre		corrumpēbātur		corrumpēbāmur		corrumpēbāminī		corrumpēbantur
	future	corrumpar		corrumpēris, corrumpēre		corrumpētur		corrumpēmur		corrumpēminī		corrumpentur
	perfect	corruptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	corruptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	corruptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	corrumpam		corrumpās		corrumpat		corrumpāmus		corrumpātis		corrumpant
	imperfect	corrumperem		corrumperēs		corrumperet		corrumperēmus		corrumperētis		corrumperent
	perfect	corrūperim		corrūperīs		corrūperit		corrūperīmus		corrūperītis		corrūperint
	pluperfect	corrūpissem		corrūpissēs		corrūpisset		corrūpissēmus		corrūpissētis		corrūpissent
passive	present	corrumpar		corrumpāris, corrumpāre		corrumpātur		corrumpāmur		corrumpāminī		corrumpantur
	imperfect	corrumperer		corrumperēris, corrumperēre		corrumperētur		corrumperēmur		corrumperēminī		corrumperentur
	perfect	corruptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	corruptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		corrumpe		—		—		corrumpite		—
	future	—		corrumpitō		corrumpitō		—		corrumpitōte		corrumpuntō
passive	present	—		corrumpere		—		—		corrumpiminī		—
	future	—		corrumpitor		corrumpitor		—		—		corrumpuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		corrumpere			corrumpī			corrumpēns			—
future		corruptūrum esse			corruptum īrī			corruptūrus			corrumpendus, corrumpundus
perfect		corrūpisse			corruptum esse			—			corruptus
future perfect		—			corruptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		corruptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		corrumpendī		corrumpendō		corrumpendum		corrumpendō		corruptum		corruptū

Derived terms

• corruptus
• corruptiō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: corrompere
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: corrompre
  • Occitan: corrompre
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: corromper
  • Portuguese: corromper
  • Spanish: corromper
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *corruptiāre
  • Old French: correcier, corrocier, corocier, corucier
    • Middle French: courrouchier
      • French: courroucer
    • → Galician: carraxe
    • → Italian: corrucciare
  • Italian: crucciare
• Borrowings:
  • → Old French: corrompre (semi-learned)
    • French: corrompre
    • Norman: corroumpre
  • → German: korrumpieren
  • → Romanian: corupe (semi-learned)
  • → Swedish: korrumpera
  • ⇒ English: corrupt

References

• “corrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corrumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
    
  • to be demoralised, corrupted: corrumpi, depravari