usurpo

usurpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar

usurpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar

• IPA^(key): /uˈzur.po/
• Rhymes: -urpo
• Hyphenation: u‧sùr‧po

Deverbal from usurpare (“to usurp”) +‎ -o

usurpo m (plural usurpi)

1. (obsolete, rare) usurpation, encroachment

   Synonyms: (uncommon) usurpamento, usurpazione

• usurpo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

usurpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpare

From ūsus and rapiō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [uːˈsuːr.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [uˈs̬ur.po]

ūsūrpō (present infinitive ūsūrpāre, perfect active ūsūrpāvī, supine ūsūrpātum); first conjugation

1. to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute

   Synonyms: adhibeō, sūmō, assūmō, ūtor, vēscor

2. (law) to seize, get possession of, acquire, obtain something

   Synonyms: impetrō, acquīrō, cōnsequor, lucror, inveniō, pariō, emō, obtineō, potior

   Antonym: āmittō

3. (law) to assume, appropriate or get possession of unlawfully, usurp; trespass on
4. (by extension, in language) to name, call, speak or talk of, adopt, assume

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

• ūsūrpātīvē

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

usurpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar

usurpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar