recuso

See also: recusó

Latin

Etymology

re- +‎ causa +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkuː.soː/, [rɛˈkuːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈku.so/, [reˈkuːs̬o]

Verb

recūsō (present infinitive recūsāre, perfect active recūsāvī, supine recūsātum); first conjugation

1. to refuse, decline, reject

   Synonyms: negō, renuō, dēnegō, abnuō

   Antonyms: accipiō, recipiō, concordō, consentiō, adnuō, aiō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:

     Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.

     If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.

2. (law) to protest, object

   Synonyms: repugnō, oppōnō

Conjugation

Conjugation of recūsō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recūsō	recūsās	recūsat	recūsāmus	recūsātis	recūsant
	imperfect	recūsābam	recūsābās	recūsābat	recūsābāmus	recūsābātis	recūsābant
	future	recūsābō	recūsābis	recūsābit	recūsābimus	recūsābitis	recūsābunt
	perfect	recūsāvī	recūsāvistī, recūsāstī1	recūsāvit, recūsāt1	recūsāvimus, recūsāmus1	recūsāvistis, recūsāstis1	recūsāvērunt, recūsāvēre, recūsārunt1
	pluperfect	recūsāveram, recūsāram1	recūsāverās, recūsārās1	recūsāverat, recūsārat1	recūsāverāmus, recūsārāmus1	recūsāverātis, recūsārātis1	recūsāverant, recūsārant1
	future perfect	recūsāverō, recūsārō1	recūsāveris, recūsāris1	recūsāverit, recūsārit1	recūsāverimus, recūsārimus1	recūsāveritis, recūsāritis1	recūsāverint, recūsārint1
passive	present	recūsor	recūsāris, recūsāre	recūsātur	recūsāmur	recūsāminī	recūsantur
	imperfect	recūsābar	recūsābāris, recūsābāre	recūsābātur	recūsābāmur	recūsābāminī	recūsābantur
	future	recūsābor	recūsāberis, recūsābere	recūsābitur	recūsābimur	recūsābiminī	recūsābuntur
	perfect	recūsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	recūsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	recūsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recūsem	recūsēs	recūset	recūsēmus	recūsētis	recūsent
	imperfect	recūsārem	recūsārēs	recūsāret	recūsārēmus	recūsārētis	recūsārent
	perfect	recūsāverim, recūsārim1	recūsāverīs, recūsārīs1	recūsāverit, recūsārit1	recūsāverīmus, recūsārīmus1	recūsāverītis, recūsārītis1	recūsāverint, recūsārint1
	pluperfect	recūsāvissem, recūsāssem1	recūsāvissēs, recūsāssēs1	recūsāvisset, recūsāsset1	recūsāvissēmus, recūsāssēmus1	recūsāvissētis, recūsāssētis1	recūsāvissent, recūsāssent1
passive	present	recūser	recūsēris, recūsēre	recūsētur	recūsēmur	recūsēminī	recūsentur
	imperfect	recūsārer	recūsārēris, recūsārēre	recūsārētur	recūsārēmur	recūsārēminī	recūsārentur
	perfect	recūsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	recūsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	recūsā	—	—	recūsāte	—
	future	—	recūsātō	recūsātō	—	recūsātōte	recūsantō
passive	present	—	recūsāre	—	—	recūsāminī	—
	future	—	recūsātor	recūsātor	—	—	recūsantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		recūsāre	recūsāvisse, recūsāsse1	recūsātūrum esse	recūsārī	recūsātum esse	recūsātum īrī
participles		recūsāns	—	recūsātūrus	—	recūsātus	recūsandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		recūsandī	recūsandō	recūsandum	recūsandō	recūsātum	recūsātū

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

Related terms

• recūsātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: recusar
• Old French: reüsier
  • French: ruser
• → Old French: recuser
  • → Middle English: recusen
    • English: recuse
  • → French: récuser
  • Anglo-Norman: reuser, ruser
    • → Middle English: rousen
      • English: rouse
      • Yola: rooze
• Galician: recusar
• Italian: ricusare
• Portuguese: recusar
• Romanian: recuza
• Spanish: recusar

References

• “recuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “recuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• recuso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to avoid no risk in order to..: nullum periculum recusare pro
    
  • I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧cu‧so

Verb

recuso

1. first-person singular present indicative of recusar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈkuso/ [reˈku.so]
• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: re‧cu‧so

Verb

recuso

1. first-person singular present indicative of recusar