percurro

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through, along; during”) +‎ currō (“run; hurry; travel”).

Pronunciation

Verb

percurrō (present infinitive percurrere, perfect active percucurrī, supine percursum); third conjugation

  1. to run, hasten or pass through, traverse, pass or run over or along; stroke
    Synonyms: mulceō, palpō
  2. to wind or bend around
  3. (figuratively) to mention briefly or cursorily
  4. (figuratively) to scan (briefly), look over; review
  5. (figuratively) (of feelings) to run through, penetrate, agitate

Conjugation

Note that the perfect active indicative can be written as percurrī rather than percucurrī

   Conjugation of percurrō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present percurrō percurris percurrit percurrimus percurritis percurrunt
imperfect percurrēbam percurrēbās percurrēbat percurrēbāmus percurrēbātis percurrēbant
future percurram percurrēs percurret percurrēmus percurrētis percurrent
perfect percucurrī percucurristī percucurrit percucurrimus percucurristis percucurrērunt,
percucurrēre
pluperfect percucurreram percucurrerās percucurrerat percucurrerāmus percucurrerātis percucurrerant
future perfect percucurrerō percucurreris percucurrerit percucurrerimus percucurreritis percucurrerint
passive present percurror percurreris,
percurrere 		percurritur percurrimur percurriminī percurruntur
imperfect percurrēbar percurrēbāris,
percurrēbāre 		percurrēbātur percurrēbāmur percurrēbāminī percurrēbantur
future percurrar percurrēris,
percurrēre 		percurrētur percurrēmur percurrēminī percurrentur
perfect percursus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect percursus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect percursus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present percurram percurrās percurrat percurrāmus percurrātis percurrant
imperfect percurrerem percurrerēs percurreret percurrerēmus percurrerētis percurrerent
perfect percucurrerim percucurrerīs percucurrerit percucurrerīmus percucurrerītis percucurrerint
pluperfect percucurrissem percucurrissēs percucurrisset percucurrissēmus percucurrissētis percucurrissent
passive present percurrar percurrāris,
percurrāre 		percurrātur percurrāmur percurrāminī percurrantur
imperfect percurrerer percurrerēris,
percurrerēre 		percurrerētur percurrerēmur percurrerēminī percurrerentur
perfect percursus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect percursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — percurre — — percurrite —
future — percurritō percurritō — percurritōte percurruntō
passive present — percurrere — — percurriminī —
future — percurritor percurritor — — percurruntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present percurrere percurrī percurrēns —
future percursūrum esse percursum īrī percursūrus percurrendus,
percurrundus
perfect percucurrisse percursum esse — percursus
future perfect — percursum fore — —
perfect potential percursūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
percurrendī percurrendō percurrendum percurrendō percursum percursū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: percorrer
  • English: parkour
  • French: parcourir
  • Italian: percorrere
  • Portuguese: percorrer
  • Spanish: percorrer

References

  • “percurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “percurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • percurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to read cursorily: legendo percurrere aliquid
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