abrumpo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ rumpō (“break, burst, tear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈrum.poː/, [äbˈrʊmpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈrum.po/, [äbˈrumpo]

Verb

abrumpō (present infinitive abrumpere, perfect active abrūpī, supine abruptum); third conjugation

1. to break off something (violently); rend, tear, sever
2. (of an event, action or policy) to cut short; break off; terminate; halt, stop, or end suddenly or abruptly; put an end to
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.388–389:

     Hīs medium dictīs sermōnem abrumpit, et aurās / aegra fugit [...].

     [Dido,] having said these things, halts suddenly in the middle of [their] exchange and, deeply troubled, flees the open air.

Conjugation

Conjugation of abrumpō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abrumpō	abrumpis	abrumpit	abrumpimus	abrumpitis	abrumpunt
	imperfect	abrumpēbam	abrumpēbās	abrumpēbat	abrumpēbāmus	abrumpēbātis	abrumpēbant
	future	abrumpam	abrumpēs	abrumpet	abrumpēmus	abrumpētis	abrumpent
	perfect	abrūpī	abrūpistī	abrūpit	abrūpimus	abrūpistis	abrūpērunt, abrūpēre
	pluperfect	abrūperam	abrūperās	abrūperat	abrūperāmus	abrūperātis	abrūperant
	future perfect	abrūperō	abrūperis	abrūperit	abrūperimus	abrūperitis	abrūperint
passive	present	abrumpor	abrumperis, abrumpere	abrumpitur	abrumpimur	abrumpiminī	abrumpuntur
	imperfect	abrumpēbar	abrumpēbāris, abrumpēbāre	abrumpēbātur	abrumpēbāmur	abrumpēbāminī	abrumpēbantur
	future	abrumpar	abrumpēris, abrumpēre	abrumpētur	abrumpēmur	abrumpēminī	abrumpentur
	perfect	abruptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abruptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abruptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abrumpam	abrumpās	abrumpat	abrumpāmus	abrumpātis	abrumpant
	imperfect	abrumperem	abrumperēs	abrumperet	abrumperēmus	abrumperētis	abrumperent
	perfect	abrūperim	abrūperīs	abrūperit	abrūperīmus	abrūperītis	abrūperint
	pluperfect	abrūpissem	abrūpissēs	abrūpisset	abrūpissēmus	abrūpissētis	abrūpissent
passive	present	abrumpar	abrumpāris, abrumpāre	abrumpātur	abrumpāmur	abrumpāminī	abrumpantur
	imperfect	abrumperer	abrumperēris, abrumperēre	abrumperētur	abrumperēmur	abrumperēminī	abrumperentur
	perfect	abruptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abruptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abrumpe	—	—	abrumpite	—
	future	—	abrumpitō	abrumpitō	—	abrumpitōte	abrumpuntō
passive	present	—	abrumpere	—	—	abrumpiminī	—
	future	—	abrumpitor	abrumpitor	—	—	abrumpuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abrumpere	abrūpisse	abruptūrum esse	abrumpī	abruptum esse	abruptum īrī
participles		abrumpēns	—	abruptūrus	—	abruptus	abrumpendus, abrumpundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abrumpendī	abrumpendō	abrumpendum	abrumpendō	abruptum	abruptū

Derived terms

• abruptē
• abruptiō
• abruptus

Descendants

• French: abrompre
• English: abrupt

References

• “abrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abrumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to break off in the middle of the conversation: medium sermonem abrumpere (Verg. Aen. 4. 388)