decerno

Galician edit

Verb edit

decerno

first-person singular present indicative of decerner

Italian edit

Verb edit

decerno

first-person singular present indicative of decernere

Anagrams edit

Cedrone, cedrone

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈker.noː/, [d̪eːˈkɛrnoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃer.no/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛrno]

Verb edit

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

(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.
(law) to pronounce a decision concerning something; decide, determine, judge, declare, decree; vote for something
(military) to decide by combat; fight, combat, contend
Synonyms: dēcertō, lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, committō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō

Conjugation edit

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

Conjugation of dēcernō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcerne	—	—	dēcernite	—
active	future	—	dēcernitō	dēcernitō	—	dēcernitōte	dēcernuntō
passive	present	—	dēcernere	—	—	dēcerniminī	—
passive	future	—	dēcernitor	dēcernitor	—	—	dēcernuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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 edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

English: decern, decree
French: décerner, décréter
Italian: decernere, decretare
Occitan: decernir

References edit

“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^[1], 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)