accurro

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ currō (run).

Pronunciation

Verb

accurrō (present infinitive accurrere, perfect active accurrī or accucurrī, supine accursum); third conjugation

  1. to run or hasten (to help)
    Synonyms: currō, ruō, trepidō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, prōripiō, festīnō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
    Antonyms: retardō, cū̆nctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
  2. to charge or rush (to attack)
    Synonyms: invādō, opprimō, incurrō, impetō, īnstō, oppugnō, petō, excurrō, intrō, inruō, incēdō, concurrō, aggredior, accēdō, adorior, irrumpō, occurrō, arripiō, adeō, assiliō, appetō, incessō, invehō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: acórrer
  • French: accourir
  • Italian: accorrere
  • Portuguese: acorrer
  • Sicilian: accùrriri
  • Spanish: acorrer

References

  • accurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • accurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • accurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.