succurro

Latin

Etymology

sub- +‎ currō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sukˈkur.roː/, [s̠ʊkˈkʊrːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sukˈkur.ro/, [sukˈkurːo]

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, 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.

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		succurrere	succurrisse	succursūrum esse	succurrī	succursum esse	succursum īrī
participles		succurrēns	—	succursūrus	—	succursus	succurrendus, succurrundus
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an idea strikes me: illud succurrit mihi