excuso

See also: excusó

Catalan

Verb

excuso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of excusar

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ causa (“cause, reason; case”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

excūsō (present infinitive excūsāre, perfect active excūsāvī, supine excūsātum); first conjugation

  1. to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge
  2. to cite as an excuse or pretext or justification
  3. to exempt, dispense
  4. to justify by an excuse
    • Saint Jerome
      Dum excusare credis, accusas
      When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of excūsō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excūsō excūsās excūsat excūsāmus excūsātis excūsant
imperfect excūsābam excūsābās excūsābat excūsābāmus excūsābātis excūsābant
future excūsābō excūsābis excūsābit excūsābimus excūsābitis excūsābunt
perfect excūsāvī excūsāvistī,
excūsāstī1 		excūsāvit,
excūsāt1 		excūsāvimus,
excūsāmus1 		excūsāvistis,
excūsāstis1 		excūsāvērunt,
excūsārunt,
excūsāvēre1
pluperfect excūsāveram,
excūsāram1 		excūsāverās,
excūsārās1 		excūsāverat,
excūsārat1 		excūsāverāmus,
excūsārāmus1 		excūsāverātis,
excūsārātis1 		excūsāverant,
excūsārant1
future perfect excūsāverō,
excūsārō1 		excūsāveris,
excūsāris1 		excūsāverit,
excūsārit1 		excūsāverimus,
excūsārimus1 		excūsāveritis,
excūsāritis1 		excūsāverint,
excūsārint1
passive present excūsor excūsāris,
excūsāre 		excūsātur excūsāmur excūsāminī excūsantur
imperfect excūsābar excūsābāris,
excūsābāre 		excūsābātur excūsābāmur excūsābāminī excūsābantur
future excūsābor excūsāberis,
excūsābere 		excūsābitur excūsābimur excūsābiminī excūsābuntur
perfect excūsātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect excūsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect excūsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excūsem excūsēs excūset excūsēmus excūsētis excūsent
imperfect excūsārem excūsārēs excūsāret excūsārēmus excūsārētis excūsārent
perfect excūsāverim,
excūsārim1 		excūsāverīs,
excūsārīs1 		excūsāverit,
excūsārit1 		excūsāverīmus,
excūsārīmus1 		excūsāverītis,
excūsārītis1 		excūsāverint,
excūsārint1
pluperfect excūsāvissem,
excūsāssem1 		excūsāvissēs,
excūsāssēs1 		excūsāvisset,
excūsāsset1 		excūsāvissēmus,
excūsāssēmus1 		excūsāvissētis,
excūsāssētis1 		excūsāvissent,
excūsāssent1
passive present excūser excūsēris,
excūsēre 		excūsētur excūsēmur excūsēminī excūsentur
imperfect excūsārer excūsārēris,
excūsārēre 		excūsārētur excūsārēmur excūsārēminī excūsārentur
perfect excūsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect excūsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — excūsā — — excūsāte —
future — excūsātō excūsātō — excūsātōte excūsantō
passive present — excūsāre — — excūsāminī —
future — excūsātor excūsātor — — excūsantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present excūsāre excūsārī excūsāns —
future excūsātūrum esse excūsātum īrī excūsātūrus excūsandus
perfect excūsāvisse,
excūsāsse1 		excūsātum esse — excūsātus
future perfect — excūsātum fore — —
perfect potential excūsātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
excūsandī excūsandō excūsandum excūsandō excūsātum excūsātū

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: excusar
  • Old French: escuser
  • Galician: escusar
  • Italian: scusare
  • Occitan: excusar
  • Portuguese: escusar
  • Romanian: scuza
  • Sardinian: iscugiare
  • Spanish: excusar
  • → Welsh: esgus

References

  • “excuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “excuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • excuso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinem (morbum) excusare (Liv. 6. 22. 7)
    • to plead ill-health as an excuse for absence: excusare morbum, valetudinem

Spanish

Verb

excuso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of excusar
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