decerno

Galician

Verb

decerno

first-person singular present indicative of decerner

Italian

Verb

decerno

first-person singular present indicative of decernere

Anagrams

Cedrone, cedrone

Latin

Etymology

From de- (“of; from, away from”) +‎ cernō (“see, discern”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈker.noː/, [d̪eːˈkɛrnoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃer.no/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛrno]

Verb

dēcernō (present infinitive dēcernere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation

(transitive, followed by the accusative) to decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful)
Synonyms: statuō, cernō, parō, cōnstituō, placeō
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
  Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
  The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
(law) to pronounce a decision concerning something; decide, determine, judge, declare, decree; vote for something
(military) to decide by combat; fight, combat, contend
Synonyms: dēcertō, lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, committō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō

Conjugation

Note that the dēcrēvisse is sometimes written as dēcrēsse and dēcrēverō as dēcrērō.

Conjugation of dēcernō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēcernō	dēcernis		dēcernit	dēcernimus	dēcernitis		dēcernunt
	imperfect	dēcernēbam	dēcernēbās		dēcernēbat	dēcernēbāmus	dēcernēbātis		dēcernēbant
	future	dēcernam	dēcernēs		dēcernet	dēcernēmus	dēcernētis		dēcernent
	perfect	dēcrēvī	dēcrēvistī, dēcrēstī¹		dēcrēvit, dēcrēt¹	dēcrēvimus, dēcrēmus¹	dēcrēvistis, dēcrēstis¹		dēcrēvērunt, dēcrērunt, dēcrēvēre¹
	pluperfect	dēcrēveram, dēcrēram¹	dēcrēverās, dēcrērās¹		dēcrēverat, dēcrērat¹	dēcrēverāmus, dēcrērāmus¹	dēcrēverātis, dēcrērātis¹		dēcrēverant, dēcrērant¹
	future perfect	dēcrēverō, dēcrērō¹	dēcrēveris, dēcrēris¹		dēcrēverit, dēcrērit¹	dēcrēverimus, dēcrērimus¹	dēcrēveritis, dēcrēritis¹		dēcrēverint, dēcrērint¹
passive	present	dēcernor	dēcerneris, dēcernere		dēcernitur	dēcernimur	dēcerniminī		dēcernuntur
	imperfect	dēcernēbar	dēcernēbāris, dēcernēbāre		dēcernēbātur	dēcernēbāmur	dēcernēbāminī		dēcernēbantur
	future	dēcernar	dēcernēris, dēcernēre		dēcernētur	dēcernēmur	dēcernēminī		dēcernentur
	perfect	dēcrētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēcrētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēcrētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēcernam	dēcernās		dēcernat	dēcernāmus	dēcernātis		dēcernant
	imperfect	dēcernerem	dēcernerēs		dēcerneret	dēcernerēmus	dēcernerētis		dēcernerent
	perfect	dēcrēverim, dēcrērim¹	dēcrēverīs, dēcrērīs¹		dēcrēverit, dēcrērit¹	dēcrēverīmus, dēcrērīmus¹	dēcrēverītis, dēcrērītis¹		dēcrēverint, dēcrērint¹
	pluperfect	dēcrēvissem, dēcrēssem¹	dēcrēvissēs, dēcrēssēs¹		dēcrēvisset, dēcrēsset¹	dēcrēvissēmus, dēcrēssēmus¹	dēcrēvissētis, dēcrēssētis¹		dēcrēvissent, dēcrēssent¹
passive	present	dēcernar	dēcernāris, dēcernāre		dēcernātur	dēcernāmur	dēcernāminī		dēcernantur
	imperfect	dēcernerer	dēcernerēris, dēcernerēre		dēcernerētur	dēcernerēmur	dēcernerēminī		dēcernerentur
	perfect	dēcrētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēcrētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēcerne		—	—	dēcernite		—
active	future	—	dēcernitō		dēcernitō	—	dēcernitōte		dēcernuntō
passive	present	—	dēcernere		—	—	dēcerniminī		—
passive	future	—	dēcernitor		dēcernitor	—	—		dēcernuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēcernere		dēcernī		dēcernēns		—
future		dēcrētūrum esse		dēcrētum īrī		dēcrētūrus		dēcernendus, dēcernundus
perfect		dēcrēvisse, dēcrēsse¹		dēcrētum esse		—		dēcrētus
future perfect		—		dēcrētum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēcrētūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēcernendī	dēcernendō		dēcernendum	dēcernendō	dēcrētum		dēcrētū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: decern, decree
French: décerner, décréter
Italian: decernere, decretare
Occitan: decernir
Spanish: decretar

References

“decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decerno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
- to entrust some one with an official duty, a province: provinciam alicui decernere, mandare
- the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
- to decree the penalty of death: supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituere
- to fight a pitched battle: acie (armis, ferro) decernere
- the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)