corruo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ ruo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.ru.oː/, [ˈkɔrːuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.ru.o/, [ˈkɔrːuo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		corruere	corruisse	corrutūrum esse	corruī	corrutum esse	corrutum īrī
participles		corruēns	—	corrutūrus	—	corrutus	corruendus
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 (2003-2024), 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.