Latin

Verb

corrumpō ‎(present infinitive corrumpere, perfect active corrūpī, supine corruptum); third conjugation

1. I pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect
   • 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 7.12.18

     Et manifestatum est mihi quoniam bona sunt quae corrumpuntur.

     And it was made clear to me that all things are good even if they are corrupted.

2. I spoil or rot
3. I taint or contaminate
4. I tempt or seduce

Inflection

Derived terms

• corruptus
• corruptiō

Descendants

References

• corrumpo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corrumpo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corrumpo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
    
  • to be demoralised, corrupted: corrumpi, depravari