[ˈkʊr.roː], [ˈkur.ro]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-é-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
Cognate with currus, carrus (via Gaulish), English horse.
- conjugation-3, intransitiveto run
“Caelum, nōn animum mūtant, quī trāns mare currunt.” — They change the sky, not their souls, those who run across the sea.
- conjugation-3, intransitiveto hurry, hasten, speed
- conjugation-3, intransitiveto move, travel, proceed
- conjugation-3, transitiveto run
- conjugation-3, transitiveto travel through, traverse, run
Formscurrō(canonical) · currere(infinitive, present) · cucurrī(active, perfect) · currī(active, perfect) · cursum(supine) · currō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · curris(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · currit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · currimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · curritis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · currunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · currēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · currēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · currēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · currēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · currēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · currēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · curram(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · currēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · curret(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person)