curro, currere, cucurri, cursus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
run/trot/gallop, hurry/hasten/speed, move/travel/proceed/flow swiftly/quickly;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | curro | currimus |
| 2 | curris | curritis |
| 3 | currit | currunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | currere |
| active | perfect | cucurrisse |
| passive | present | curri |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | curre, curr | currite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | currito | curritote |
| 3 | currito | currunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | currere | currimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | curritor | — |
| 3 | curritor | curruntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cursus | cursi |
| Gen. | cursi | cursorum |
| Dat. | curso | — |
| Acc. | cursum | cursos |
| Voc. | curse | cursi |
| Abl. | curso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cursa | cursae |
| Gen. | cursae | cursarum |
| Dat. | cursae | — |
| Acc. | cursam | cursas |
| Voc. | cursa | cursae |
| Abl. | cursa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cursum | cursa |
| Gen. | cursi | cursorum |
| Dat. | curso | — |
| Acc. | cursum | cursa |
| Voc. | cursum | cursa |
| Abl. | curso | — |
Supines
accusative: cursum; ablative: cursu
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...petito praesentarium. sed ego — sumne infelix, qui non curro curriculo domum? PHILOL. adest opsonium. eccum Tranio a portu..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...posco "peposci", tendo "tetendi", tango "tetigi", pungo "pepugi", curro "cecurri", tollo "tetuli", spondeo "spepondi" facit. Sic M. Tullius..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...placet, ferro meo venio; sive verberibus contenta es, curro nudus ad dominam. Illud unum memento..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...litteram in infinito exeant, brevia fiunt: "lego" "dico" "curro", "legere" "dicere" "currere": etiamsi est apud Lucilium: "fervit aqua..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vocasset: 'di, quibus imperium est pelagi, quorum aequora curro, vobis laetus ego hoc candentem in litore taurum constituam..."