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Verb

excuso

1. first-person singular present indicative form of excusar

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ causa ‎(“cause, reason; case”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eksˈkuː.soː/

Verb

excūsō ‎(present infinitive excūsāre, perfect active excūsāvī, supine excusātum); first conjugation

1. I excuse, allege in excuse; literally, free from a charge.
   • Saint Jerome

     Dum excusare credis, accusas

     When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• causa
• excūsātiuncula

Descendants

References

• excuso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• excuso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “excuso”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinem (morbum) excusare (Liv. 6. 22. 7)
    
  • to plead ill-health as an excuse for absence: excusare morbum, valetudinem
    

Spanish

Verb

excuso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of excusar.