decerno

decerno

1. first-person singular present indicative of decerner

decerno

1. first-person singular present indicative of decernere

• Cedrone, cedrone

From de- (“of; from, away from”) +‎ cernō (“see, discern”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈkɛr.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈt͡ʃɛr.no]

dēcernō (present infinitive dēcernere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation

1. (transitive, followed by the accusative) to decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful)

   Synonyms: statuō, cernō, parō, cōnstituō, placeō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:

     Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.

     The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.

2. (law) to pronounce a decision concerning something; decide, determine, judge, declare, decree; vote for something

   Dēcernimus ergō ut nūllī omnīnō hominum liceat vestrum coenobium temere perturbāre, aut eius possessiōnēs auferre, vel ablātās retinēre.

   We therefore decree that no man whatsoever shall be permitted to recklessly disturb your monastery, or to take away its possessions, or to retain those which have been taken away.

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.4:

     Dēcrēvit quondam Senātus ut L. Opīmius cōnsul vidēret nē quid rēs pūblica dētrīmentī caperet; [...].

     The Senate once decreed that the consul Lucius Opimius should see to it that the Republic would not suffer any harm; [...].

3. (military) to decide by combat; fight, combat, contend

   Synonyms: dēcertō, lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, committō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō

Note that the dēcrēvisse is sometimes written as dēcrēsse and dēcrēverō as dēcrērō.

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

• English: decern, decree
• French: décerner, décréter
• Italian: decernere, decretare
• Occitan: decernir
• Spanish: decretar

• “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decerno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days: supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)
    
  • to entrust some one with an official duty, a province: provinciam alicui decernere, mandare
    
  • the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
    
  • to decree the penalty of death: supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituere
    
  • to fight a pitched battle: acie (armis, ferro) decernere
    
  • the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)