succurro

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korzō

Latin currō

Latin succurrō

From sub- + currō.

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

1. (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.

2. (with dative) to run to help, to run to the aid of, hasten to assist
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, 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.

3. to run beneath, go under; to undergo
4. (of ideas) to come to mind

Conjugation

   Conjugation of succurrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		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
		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
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		succurre		—		—		succurrite		—
	future	—		succurritō		succurritō		—		succurritōte		succurruntō
passive	present	—		succurrere		—		—		succurriminī		—
	future	—		succurritor		succurritor		—		—		succurruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		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
• → Interlingua: succurrer

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