succurro

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊkˈkʊr.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sukˈkur.ro]

Verb

succurrō (present infinitive succurrere, perfect active succurrī, supine succursum); third conjugation

(with dative) to help, aid, succor
Synonyms: iuvō, adiūtō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, adsum

Antonym: officiō

Potesne mihi succurrere, quaeso?
Can you help me please?
- Hic locus est ubi mortui gaudent succurrere vivis:
  This place is where the deads delight in helping the livings.
(with dative) to run to help, to run to the aid of, hasten to assist
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.443–444:
  prōvolat in medium, et magnā ‘succurrite!’ vōce
  ‘nōn est auxilium flēre’ Metellus ait.
  Metellus rushes into [their] midst, and with a loud voice exclaims: “Make haste to help! It is no help to cry.”
  (The Temple of Vesta afire, Lucius Caecilius Metellus (consul 251 BC) addresses the Vestal Virgins.)
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.44:
  Succurrit inimicus illi Vorenus et laboranti subvenit.
  Vorenus, [though] hostile to this man, rushes to [his] aid and helpes the one in peril.
to run beneath, go under; to undergo
(of ideas) to come to mind

Conjugation

Conjugation of succurrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	succurrō	succurris		succurrit	succurrimus	succurritis		succurrunt
	imperfect	succurrēbam	succurrēbās		succurrēbat	succurrēbāmus	succurrēbātis		succurrēbant
	future	succurram	succurrēs		succurret	succurrēmus	succurrētis		succurrent
	perfect	succurrī	succurristī		succurrit	succurrimus	succurristis		succurrērunt, succurrēre
	pluperfect	succurreram	succurrerās		succurrerat	succurrerāmus	succurrerātis		succurrerant
	future perfect	succurrerō	succurreris		succurrerit	succurrerimus	succurreritis		succurrerint
passive	present	succurror	succurreris, succurrere		succurritur	succurrimur	succurriminī		succurruntur
	imperfect	succurrēbar	succurrēbāris, succurrēbāre		succurrēbātur	succurrēbāmur	succurrēbāminī		succurrēbantur
	future	succurrar	succurrēris, succurrēre		succurrētur	succurrēmur	succurrēminī		succurrentur
	perfect	succursus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	succursus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	succursus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	succurram	succurrās		succurrat	succurrāmus	succurrātis		succurrant
	imperfect	succurrerem	succurrerēs		succurreret	succurrerēmus	succurrerētis		succurrerent
	perfect	succurrerim	succurrerīs		succurrerit	succurrerīmus	succurrerītis		succurrerint
	pluperfect	succurrissem	succurrissēs		succurrisset	succurrissēmus	succurrissētis		succurrissent
passive	present	succurrar	succurrāris, succurrāre		succurrātur	succurrāmur	succurrāminī		succurrantur
	imperfect	succurrerer	succurrerēris, succurrerēre		succurrerētur	succurrerēmur	succurrerēminī		succurrerentur
	perfect	succursus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	succursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	succurre		—	—	succurrite		—
active	future	—	succurritō		succurritō	—	succurritōte		succurruntō
passive	present	—	succurrere		—	—	succurriminī		—
passive	future	—	succurritor		succurritor	—	—		succurruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		succurrere		succurrī		succurrēns		—
future		succursūrum esse		succursum īrī		succursūrus		succurrendus, succurrundus
perfect		succurrisse		succursum esse		—		succursus
future perfect		—		succursum fore		—		—
perfect potential		succursūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		succurrendī	succurrendō		succurrendum	succurrendō	succursum		succursū

Derived terms

succurricius
succursor
succursus

Descendants

Catalan: socórrer
English: succor
French: secourir
Friulian: socori
Galician: socorrer
Italian: soccorrere
Occitan: secórrer, socórrer
Piedmontese: socore
Portuguese: socorrer
Sicilian: succùrriri
Spanish: socorrer

References

“succurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“succurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
succurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- an idea strikes me: illud succurrit mihi