surrepo

Latin

Alternative forms

• subrēpō

Etymology

From sub- +‎ rēpō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /surˈreː.poː/, [s̠ʊrˈreːpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /surˈre.po/, [surˈrɛːpo]

Verb

surrēpō (present infinitive surrēpere, perfect active surrēpsī, supine surrēptum); third conjugation

1. to creep under or along, to come upon unawares
   • c. 1500, Celio Calcagnini, Epitoma Quod animalium cura data sit Prometheo ac Epimetheo:

     Armavit nonnulla, inermibus etiam aliquod ad salutem munimentum excogitavit: quae nam exiguo corpore clauserat, partim per aerem pennis attolli, partim per terram surrepere iussit; quae vero in amplam molem auxerat, crassitudine sua roboravit; mox ea ut calorem et frigus facile perferrent pilis, setis, pellibusque vestivit; pedes etiam qui corpora sustinerent, ungulis callisque obduravit.

2. to slide under
3. (transitive or intransitive) to insinuate oneself into
   • c. 83 CE – 96 CE, Silius Italicus, Punica 15.136:

     terror subrēpit pectora

     terror insinuates itself into (men's) hearts

Conjugation

   Conjugation of surrēpō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	surrēpō		surrēpis		surrēpit		surrēpimus		surrēpitis		surrēpunt
	imperfect	surrēpēbam		surrēpēbās		surrēpēbat		surrēpēbāmus		surrēpēbātis		surrēpēbant
	future	surrēpam		surrēpēs		surrēpet		surrēpēmus		surrēpētis		surrēpent
	perfect	surrēpsī		surrēpsistī		surrēpsit		surrēpsimus		surrēpsistis		surrēpsērunt, surrēpsēre
	pluperfect	surrēpseram		surrēpserās		surrēpserat		surrēpserāmus		surrēpserātis		surrēpserant
	future perfect	surrēpserō		surrēpseris		surrēpserit		surrēpserimus		surrēpseritis		surrēpserint
passive	present	surrēpor		surrēperis, surrēpere		surrēpitur		surrēpimur		surrēpiminī		surrēpuntur
	imperfect	surrēpēbar		surrēpēbāris, surrēpēbāre		surrēpēbātur		surrēpēbāmur		surrēpēbāminī		surrēpēbantur
	future	surrēpar		surrēpēris, surrēpēre		surrēpētur		surrēpēmur		surrēpēminī		surrēpentur
	perfect	surrēptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	surrēptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	surrēptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	surrēpam		surrēpās		surrēpat		surrēpāmus		surrēpātis		surrēpant
	imperfect	surrēperem		surrēperēs		surrēperet		surrēperēmus		surrēperētis		surrēperent
	perfect	surrēpserim		surrēpserīs		surrēpserit		surrēpserīmus		surrēpserītis		surrēpserint
	pluperfect	surrēpsissem		surrēpsissēs		surrēpsisset		surrēpsissēmus		surrēpsissētis		surrēpsissent
passive	present	surrēpar		surrēpāris, surrēpāre		surrēpātur		surrēpāmur		surrēpāminī		surrēpantur
	imperfect	surrēperer		surrēperēris, surrēperēre		surrēperētur		surrēperēmur		surrēperēminī		surrēperentur
	perfect	surrēptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	surrēptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		surrēpe		—		—		surrēpite		—
	future	—		surrēpitō		surrēpitō		—		surrēpitōte		surrēpuntō
passive	present	—		surrēpere		—		—		surrēpiminī		—
	future	—		surrēpitor		surrēpitor		—		—		surrēpuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		surrēpere			surrēpī			surrēpēns			—
future		surrēptūrum esse			surrēptum īrī			surrēptūrus			surrēpendus, surrēpundus
perfect		surrēpsisse			surrēptum esse			—			surrēptus
future perfect		—			surrēptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		surrēptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		surrēpendī		surrēpendō		surrēpendum		surrēpendō		surrēptum		surrēptū

Derived terms

• surrēptīcius

References

• “surrepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• surrepo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.