recussus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of recutiō
Participle edit
recussus (feminine recussa, neuter recussum); first/second-declension participle
- struck, having been struck back
- rebounded, having been rebounded
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.52–53:
- “Stetit illa tremēns, uterōque recussō
īnsonuēre cavae gemitumque dedēre cavernae.”- “[The spear] stuck there, quivering, and as the [wooden horse’s] womb rebounded, [its timbers] echoed, and its hollow insides gave up a groan.” – Aeneas
(Syncopated verbs: insonuer[unt]; deder[unt].)
- “[The spear] stuck there, quivering, and as the [wooden horse’s] womb rebounded, [its timbers] echoed, and its hollow insides gave up a groan.” – Aeneas
- “Stetit illa tremēns, uterōque recussō
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | recussus | recussa | recussum | recussī | recussae | recussa | |
| Genitive | recussī | recussae | recussī | recussōrum | recussārum | recussōrum | |
| Dative | recussō | recussō | recussīs | ||||
| Accusative | recussum | recussam | recussum | recussōs | recussās | recussa | |
| Ablative | recussō | recussā | recussō | recussīs | |||
| Vocative | recusse | recussa | recussum | recussī | recussae | recussa | |
References edit
- “recussus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press