usurpo
Catalan
Galician
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈzur.po/
- Rhymes: -urpo
- Hyphenation: u‧sùr‧po
Noun
usurpo m (plural usurpi)
- (obsolete, rare) usurpation, encroachment
- Synonyms: (uncommon) usurpamento, usurpazione
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Further reading
- usurpo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uːˈsuːr.poː/, [uːˈs̠uːrpoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈsur.po/, [uˈs̬urpo]
Verb
ūsūrpō (present infinitive ūsūrpāre, perfect active ūsūrpāvī, supine ūsūrpātum); first conjugation
- to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute
- (law) to seize, get possession of, acquire, obtain something
- (law) to assume, appropriate or get possession of unlawfully, usurp; trespass on
- (by extension, in language) to name, call, speak or talk of, adopt, assume
Conjugation
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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Descendants
References
- “usurpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “usurpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- usurpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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