corrumpo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈrum.poː/, [kɔrˈrʊm.poː]
Verb
corrumpō (present infinitive corrumpere, perfect active corrūpī, supine corruptum); third conjugation
- I pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect
- 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 7.12.18:
- Et manifestatum est mihi quoniam bona sunt quae corrumpuntur.
- And it was made clear to me that all things are good even if they are corrupted.
- Et manifestatum est mihi quoniam bona sunt quae corrumpuntur.
- I spoil or rot
- I taint or contaminate
- I tempt or seduce
Inflection
Descendants
- Catalan: corrompre
- English: corrupt
- French: corrompre
- German: korrumpieren
- Italian: corrompere
References
- corrumpo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- corrumpo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corrumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
- to be demoralised, corrupted: corrumpi, depravari
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
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