decerno

Galician

Verb

decerno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decerner

Italian

Verb

decerno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decernere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From de- (“of; from, away from”) +‎ cernō (“see, discern”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēcernō (present infinitive dēcernere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive, followed by the accusative) to decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful)
    Synonyms: statuō, cernō, parō, cōnstituō, placeō
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
      Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
      The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
  2. (law) to pronounce a decision concerning something; decide, determine, judge, declare, decree; vote for something
  3. (military) to decide by combat; fight, combat, contend
    Synonyms: dēcertō, lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, committō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō

Conjugation

Note that the dēcrēvisse is sometimes written as dēcrēsse and dēcrēverō as dēcrērō.

   Conjugation of dēcernō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēcernō dēcernis dēcernit dēcernimus dēcernitis dēcernunt
imperfect dēcernēbam dēcernēbās dēcernēbat dēcernēbāmus dēcernēbātis dēcernēbant
future dēcernam dēcernēs dēcernet dēcernēmus dēcernētis dēcernent
perfect dēcrēvī dēcrēvistī,
dēcrēstī1		 dēcrēvit,
dēcrēt1		 dēcrēvimus,
dēcrēmus1		 dēcrēvistis,
dēcrēstis1		 dēcrēvērunt,
dēcrēvēre,
dēcrērunt1
pluperfect dēcrēveram,
dēcrēram1		 dēcrēverās,
dēcrērās1		 dēcrēverat,
dēcrērat1		 dēcrēverāmus,
dēcrērāmus1		 dēcrēverātis,
dēcrērātis1		 dēcrēverant,
dēcrērant1
future perfect dēcrēverō,
dēcrērō1		 dēcrēveris,
dēcrēris1		 dēcrēverit,
dēcrērit1		 dēcrēverimus,
dēcrērimus1		 dēcrēveritis,
dēcrēritis1		 dēcrēverint,
dēcrērint1
passive present dēcernor dēcerneris,
dēcernere		 dēcernitur dēcernimur dēcerniminī dēcernuntur
imperfect dēcernēbar dēcernēbāris,
dēcernēbāre		 dēcernēbātur dēcernēbāmur dēcernēbāminī dēcernēbantur
future dēcernar dēcernēris,
dēcernēre		 dēcernētur dēcernēmur dēcernēminī dēcernentur
perfect dēcrētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēcrētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēcrētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēcernam dēcernās dēcernat dēcernāmus dēcernātis dēcernant
imperfect dēcernerem dēcernerēs dēcerneret dēcernerēmus dēcernerētis dēcernerent
perfect dēcrēverim,
dēcrērim1		 dēcrēverīs,
dēcrērīs1		 dēcrēverit,
dēcrērit1		 dēcrēverīmus,
dēcrērīmus1		 dēcrēverītis,
dēcrērītis1		 dēcrēverint,
dēcrērint1
pluperfect dēcrēvissem,
dēcrēssem1		 dēcrēvissēs,
dēcrēssēs1		 dēcrēvisset,
dēcrēsset1		 dēcrēvissēmus,
dēcrēssēmus1		 dēcrēvissētis,
dēcrēssētis1		 dēcrēvissent,
dēcrēssent1
passive present dēcernar dēcernāris,
dēcernāre		 dēcernātur dēcernāmur dēcernāminī dēcernantur
imperfect dēcernerer dēcernerēris,
dēcernerēre		 dēcernerētur dēcernerēmur dēcernerēminī dēcernerentur
perfect dēcrētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēcrētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēcerne — — dēcernite —
future — dēcernitō dēcernitō — dēcernitōte dēcernuntō
passive present — dēcernere — — dēcerniminī —
future — dēcernitor dēcernitor — — dēcernuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēcernere dēcrēvisse,
dēcrēsse1		 dēcrētūrum esse dēcernī dēcrētum esse dēcrētum īrī
participles dēcernēns — dēcrētūrus — dēcrētus dēcernendus,
dēcernundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēcernendī dēcernendō dēcernendum dēcernendō dēcrētum dēcrētū

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

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decerno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
    • to entrust some one with an official duty, a province: provinciam alicui decernere, mandare
    • the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
    • to decree the penalty of death: supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituere
    • to fight a pitched battle: acie (armis, ferro) decernere
    • the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)
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