recuso

See also: recusó

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkuː.soː/, [rɛˈkuːs̠oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈku.so/, [reˈkuːs̬o]

Verb

recūsō (present infinitive recūsāre, perfect active recūsāvī, supine recūsātum); first conjugation

to refuse, decline, reject
Synonyms: negō, renuō, dēnegō, abnuō

Antonyms: accipiō, recipiō, concordō, consentiō, adnuō, aiō
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
  Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.
  If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.
(law) to protest, object
Synonyms: repugnō, oppōnō

Conjugation

Conjugation of recūsō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recūsō	recūsās	recūsat	recūsāmus	recūsātis	recūsant
	imperfect	recūsābam	recūsābās	recūsābat	recūsābāmus	recūsābātis	recūsābant
	future	recūsābō	recūsābis	recūsābit	recūsābimus	recūsābitis	recūsābunt
	perfect	recūsāvī	recūsāvistī, recūsāstī¹	recūsāvit, recūsāt¹	recūsāvimus, recūsāmus¹	recūsāvistis, recūsāstis¹	recūsāvērunt, recūsāvēre, recūsārunt¹
	pluperfect	recūsāveram, recūsāram¹	recūsāverās, recūsārās¹	recūsāverat, recūsārat¹	recūsāverāmus, recūsārāmus¹	recūsāverātis, recūsārātis¹	recūsāverant, recūsārant¹
	future perfect	recūsāverō, recūsārō¹	recūsāveris, recūsāris¹	recūsāverit, recūsārit¹	recūsāverimus, recūsārimus¹	recūsāveritis, recūsāritis¹	recūsāverint, recūsārint¹
passive	present	recūsor	recūsāris, recūsāre	recūsātur	recūsāmur	recūsāminī	recūsantur
	imperfect	recūsābar	recūsābāris, recūsābāre	recūsābātur	recūsābāmur	recūsābāminī	recūsābantur
	future	recūsābor	recūsāberis, recūsābere	recūsābitur	recūsābimur	recūsābiminī	recūsābuntur
	perfect	recūsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	recūsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	recūsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recūsem	recūsēs	recūset	recūsēmus	recūsētis	recūsent
	imperfect	recūsārem	recūsārēs	recūsāret	recūsārēmus	recūsārētis	recūsārent
	perfect	recūsāverim, recūsārim¹	recūsāverīs, recūsārīs¹	recūsāverit, recūsārit¹	recūsāverīmus, recūsārīmus¹	recūsāverītis, recūsārītis¹	recūsāverint, recūsārint¹
	pluperfect	recūsāvissem, recūsāssem¹	recūsāvissēs, recūsāssēs¹	recūsāvisset, recūsāsset¹	recūsāvissēmus, recūsāssēmus¹	recūsāvissētis, recūsāssētis¹	recūsāvissent, recūsāssent¹
passive	present	recūser	recūsēris, recūsēre	recūsētur	recūsēmur	recūsēminī	recūsentur
	imperfect	recūsārer	recūsārēris, recūsārēre	recūsārētur	recūsārēmur	recūsārēminī	recūsārentur
	perfect	recūsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	recūsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	recūsā	—	—	recūsāte	—
active	future	—	recūsātō	recūsātō	—	recūsātōte	recūsantō
passive	present	—	recūsāre	—	—	recūsāminī	—
passive	future	—	recūsātor	recūsātor	—	—	recūsantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		recūsāre	recūsāvisse, recūsāsse¹	recūsātūrum esse	recūsārī	recūsātum esse	recūsātum īrī
participles		recūsāns	—	recūsātūrus	—	recūsātus	recūsandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		recūsandī	recūsandō	recūsandum	recūsandō	recūsātum	recūsātū

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

Related terms

recūsātiō

Descendants

Catalan: recusar
Old French: reüsier
- French: ruser
→ Old French: recuser
- → Middle English: recusen
  - English: recuse
- → French: récuser
- Anglo-Norman: reuser, ruser
  - → Middle English: rousen
    - English: rouse
    - Yola: rooze
Galician: recusar
Italian: ricusare
Portuguese: recusar
Romanian: recuza
Spanish: recusar

References

“recuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“recuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
recuso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to avoid no risk in order to..: nullum periculum recusare pro
- I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: re‧cu‧so

Verb

recuso

first-person singular present indicative of recusar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈkuso/ [reˈku.so]
Rhymes: -uso
Syllabification: re‧cu‧so

Verb

recuso

first-person singular present indicative of recusar