usucapio

Latin

Etymology

From ūsus (“use”) +‎ capiō (“take; take on”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.suːˈka.pi.oː/, [uːs̠uːˈkäpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.suˈka.pi.o/, [us̬uˈkäːpio]

Noun

ūsūcapiō f (genitive ūsūcapiōnis); third declension

1. The ownership or easement acquired by long use or possession; usucaption

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ūsūcapiō	ūsūcapiōnēs
genitive	ūsūcapiōnis	ūsūcapiōnum
dative	ūsūcapiōnī	ūsūcapiōnibus
accusative	ūsūcapiōnem	ūsūcapiōnēs
ablative	ūsūcapiōne	ūsūcapiōnibus
vocative	ūsūcapiō	ūsūcapiōnēs

Verb

ūsūcapiō (present infinitive ūsūcapere, perfect active ūsūcēpī, supine ūsūcaptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to acquire ownership or easement by long use or possession

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ūsūcapiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ūsūcapiō	ūsūcapis	ūsūcapit	ūsūcapimus	ūsūcapitis	ūsūcapiunt
	imperfect	ūsūcapiēbam	ūsūcapiēbās	ūsūcapiēbat	ūsūcapiēbāmus	ūsūcapiēbātis	ūsūcapiēbant
	future	ūsūcapiam	ūsūcapiēs	ūsūcapiet	ūsūcapiēmus	ūsūcapiētis	ūsūcapient
	perfect	ūsūcēpī	ūsūcēpistī	ūsūcēpit	ūsūcēpimus	ūsūcēpistis	ūsūcēpērunt, ūsūcēpēre
	pluperfect	ūsūcēperam	ūsūcēperās	ūsūcēperat	ūsūcēperāmus	ūsūcēperātis	ūsūcēperant
	future perfect	ūsūcēperō	ūsūcēperis	ūsūcēperit	ūsūcēperimus	ūsūcēperitis	ūsūcēperint
passive	present	ūsūcapior	ūsūcaperis, ūsūcapere	ūsūcapitur	ūsūcapimur	ūsūcapiminī	ūsūcapiuntur
	imperfect	ūsūcapiēbar	ūsūcapiēbāris, ūsūcapiēbāre	ūsūcapiēbātur	ūsūcapiēbāmur	ūsūcapiēbāminī	ūsūcapiēbantur
	future	ūsūcapiar	ūsūcapiēris, ūsūcapiēre	ūsūcapiētur	ūsūcapiēmur	ūsūcapiēminī	ūsūcapientur
	perfect	ūsūcaptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ūsūcaptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ūsūcaptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ūsūcapiam	ūsūcapiās	ūsūcapiat	ūsūcapiāmus	ūsūcapiātis	ūsūcapiant
imperfect	ūsūcaperem	ūsūcaperēs	ūsūcaperet	ūsūcaperēmus	ūsūcaperētis	ūsūcaperent
perfect	ūsūcēperim	ūsūcēperīs	ūsūcēperit	ūsūcēperīmus	ūsūcēperītis	ūsūcēperint
pluperfect	ūsūcēpissem	ūsūcēpissēs	ūsūcēpisset	ūsūcēpissēmus	ūsūcēpissētis	ūsūcēpissent
passive	present	ūsūcapiar	ūsūcapiāris, ūsūcapiāre	ūsūcapiātur	ūsūcapiāmur	ūsūcapiāminī	ūsūcapiantur
imperfect	ūsūcaperer	ūsūcaperēris, ūsūcaperēre	ūsūcaperētur	ūsūcaperēmur	ūsūcaperēminī	ūsūcaperentur
perfect	ūsūcaptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	ūsūcaptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ūsūcape	—	—	ūsūcapite	—
	future	—	ūsūcapitō	ūsūcapitō	—	ūsūcapitōte	ūsūcapiuntō
passive	present	—	ūsūcapere	—	—	ūsūcapiminī	—
	future	—	ūsūcapitor	ūsūcapitor	—	—	ūsūcapiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ūsūcapere	ūsūcēpisse	ūsūcaptūrum esse	ūsūcapī	ūsūcaptum esse	ūsūcaptum īrī
participles		ūsūcapiēns	—	ūsūcaptūrus	—	ūsūcaptus	ūsūcapiendus, ūsūcapiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ūsūcapiendī	ūsūcapiendō	ūsūcapiendum	ūsūcapiendō	ūsūcaptum	ūsūcaptū

Descendants

• English: usucapion
• French: usucapion
• Italian: usucapione
• Portuguese: usucapião
• Sicilian: usucapiuni
• Spanish: usucapión

References

• “usucapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “usucapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• usucapio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “usucapio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “usucapio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin