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
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...petito praesentarium. sed ego — sumne infelix, qui non curro curriculo domum? PHILOL. adest opsonium. eccum Tranio a portu..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...posco "peposci", tendo "tetendi", tango "tetigi", pungo "pepugi", curro "cecurri", tollo "tetuli", spondeo "spepondi" facit. Sic M. Tullius..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...placet, ferro meo venio; sive verberibus contenta es, curro nudus ad dominam. Illud unum memento..."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..."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..."