decerno

Galician

Verb

decerno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decerner

Italian

Verb

decerno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decernere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From de- (“of; from, away from”) +‎ cernō (“see, discern”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēcernō (present infinitive dēcernere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive, followed by the accusative) to decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful)
    Synonyms: statuō, cernō, parō, cōnstituō, placeō
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
      Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
      The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
  2. (law) to pronounce a decision concerning something; decide, determine, judge, declare, decree; vote for something
    Dēcernimus ergō ut nūllī omnīnō hominum liceat vestrum coenobium temere perturbāre, aut eius possessiōnēs auferre, vel ablātās retinēre.
    We therefore decree that no man whatsoever shall be permitted to recklessly disturb your monastery, or to take away its possessions, or to retain those which have been taken away.
  3. (military) to decide by combat; fight, combat, contend
    Synonyms: dēcertō, lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, committō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō

Conjugation

Note that the dēcrēvisse is sometimes written as dēcrēsse and dēcrēverō as dēcrērō.

   Conjugation of dēcernō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēcernō dēcernis dēcernit dēcernimus dēcernitis dēcernunt
imperfect dēcernēbam dēcernēbās dēcernēbat dēcernēbāmus dēcernēbātis dēcernēbant
future dēcernam dēcernēs dēcernet dēcernēmus dēcernētis dēcernent
perfect dēcrēvī dēcrēvistī,
dēcrēstī1 		dēcrēvit,
dēcrēt1 		dēcrēvimus,
dēcrēmus1 		dēcrēvistis,
dēcrēstis1 		dēcrēvērunt,
dēcrērunt,
dēcrēvēre1
pluperfect dēcrēveram,
dēcrēram1 		dēcrēverās,
dēcrērās1 		dēcrēverat,
dēcrērat1 		dēcrēverāmus,
dēcrērāmus1 		dēcrēverātis,
dēcrērātis1 		dēcrēverant,
dēcrērant1
future perfect dēcrēverō,
dēcrērō1 		dēcrēveris,
dēcrēris1 		dēcrēverit,
dēcrērit1 		dēcrēverimus,
dēcrērimus1 		dēcrēveritis,
dēcrēritis1 		dēcrēverint,
dēcrērint1
passive present dēcernor dēcerneris,
dēcernere 		dēcernitur dēcernimur dēcerniminī dēcernuntur
imperfect dēcernēbar dēcernēbāris,
dēcernēbāre 		dēcernēbātur dēcernēbāmur dēcernēbāminī dēcernēbantur
future dēcernar dēcernēris,
dēcernēre 		dēcernētur dēcernēmur dēcernēminī dēcernentur
perfect dēcrētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēcrētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēcrētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēcernam dēcernās dēcernat dēcernāmus dēcernātis dēcernant
imperfect dēcernerem dēcernerēs dēcerneret dēcernerēmus dēcernerētis dēcernerent
perfect dēcrēverim,
dēcrērim1 		dēcrēverīs,
dēcrērīs1 		dēcrēverit,
dēcrērit1 		dēcrēverīmus,
dēcrērīmus1 		dēcrēverītis,
dēcrērītis1 		dēcrēverint,
dēcrērint1
pluperfect dēcrēvissem,
dēcrēssem1 		dēcrēvissēs,
dēcrēssēs1 		dēcrēvisset,
dēcrēsset1 		dēcrēvissēmus,
dēcrēssēmus1 		dēcrēvissētis,
dēcrēssētis1 		dēcrēvissent,
dēcrēssent1
passive present dēcernar dēcernāris,
dēcernāre 		dēcernātur dēcernāmur dēcernāminī dēcernantur
imperfect dēcernerer dēcernerēris,
dēcernerēre 		dēcernerētur dēcernerēmur dēcernerēminī dēcernerentur
perfect dēcrētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēcrētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēcerne — — dēcernite —
future — dēcernitō dēcernitō — dēcernitōte dēcernuntō
passive present — dēcernere — — dēcerniminī —
future — dēcernitor dēcernitor — — dēcernuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dēcernere dēcernī dēcernēns —
future dēcrētūrum esse dēcrētum īrī dēcrētūrus dēcernendus,
dēcernundus
perfect dēcrēvisse,
dēcrēsse1 		dēcrētum esse — dēcrētus
future perfect — dēcrētum fore — —
perfect potential dēcrētūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēcernendī dēcernendō dēcernendum dēcernendō dēcrētum dēcrētū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: decern, decree
  • French: décerner, décréter
  • Italian: decernere, decretare
  • Occitan: decernir
  • Spanish: decretar

References

  • “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decerno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
    • to entrust some one with an official duty, a province: provinciam alicui decernere, mandare
    • the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
    • to decree the penalty of death: supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituere
    • to fight a pitched battle: acie (armis, ferro) decernere
    • the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)
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