recuso

See also: recusó

Latin

Etymology

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

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.
(law) to protest, object
Synonyms: repugnō, oppōnō

Conjugation

Conjugation of recūsō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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, recūsārunt, recūsāvēre¹
	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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	recūsā		—	—	recūsāte		—
active	future	—	recūsātō		recūsātō	—	recūsātōte		recūsantō
passive	present	—	recūsāre		—	—	recūsāminī		—
passive	future	—	recūsātor		recūsātor	—	—		recūsantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		recūsāre		recūsārī		recūsāns		—
future		recūsātūrum esse		recūsātum īrī		recūsātūrus		recūsandus
perfect		recūsāvisse, recūsāsse¹		recūsātum esse		—		recūsātus
future perfect		—		recūsātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		recūsātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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

first-person singular present indicative of recusar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

recuso

first-person singular present indicative of recusar