Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cūcūriō (present infinitive cūcūrīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (intransitive, of roosters) to crow

Conjugation edit

No perfect is attested.

   Conjugation of cūcūriō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cūcūriō cūcūrīs cūcūrit cūcūrīmus cūcūrītis cūcūriunt
imperfect cūcūriēbam cūcūriēbās cūcūriēbat cūcūriēbāmus cūcūriēbātis cūcūriēbant
future cūcūriam cūcūriēs cūcūriet cūcūriēmus cūcūriētis cūcūrient
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cūcūriam cūcūriās cūcūriat cūcūriāmus cūcūriātis cūcūriant
imperfect cūcūrīrem cūcūrīrēs cūcūrīret cūcūrīrēmus cūcūrīrētis cūcūrīrent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cūcūrī cūcūrīte
future cūcūrītō cūcūrītō cūcūrītōte cūcūriuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cūcūrīre
participles cūcūriēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cūcūriendī cūcūriendō cūcūriendum cūcūriendō

References edit

  • cucurio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cucurio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.