surrepo

Latin

Alternative forms

• subrēpō

Etymology

From sub- +‎ rēpō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /surˈreː.poː/, [s̠ʊrˈreːpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /surˈre.po/, [surˈrɛːpo]

Verb

surrēpō (present infinitive surrēpere, perfect active surrēpsī, supine surrēptum); third conjugation

1. to creep under or along, to come upon unawares
   • c. 1500, Celio Calcagnini, Epitoma Quod animalium cura data sit Prometheo ac Epimetheo:

     Armavit nonnulla, inermibus etiam aliquod ad salutem munimentum excogitavit: quae nam exiguo corpore clauserat, partim per aerem pennis attolli, partim per terram surrepere iussit; quae vero in amplam molem auxerat, crassitudine sua roboravit; mox ea ut calorem et frigus facile perferrent pilis, setis, pellibusque vestivit; pedes etiam qui corpora sustinerent, ungulis callisque obduravit.

2. to slide under
3. (transitive or intransitive) to insinuate oneself into
   • c. 83 CE – 96 CE, Silius Italicus, Punica 15.136:

     terror subrēpit pectora

     terror insinuates itself into (men's) hearts

Conjugation

Conjugation of surrēpō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	surrēpō	surrēpis	surrēpit	surrēpimus	surrēpitis	surrēpunt
	imperfect	surrēpēbam	surrēpēbās	surrēpēbat	surrēpēbāmus	surrēpēbātis	surrēpēbant
	future	surrēpam	surrēpēs	surrēpet	surrēpēmus	surrēpētis	surrēpent
	perfect	surrēpsī	surrēpsistī	surrēpsit	surrēpsimus	surrēpsistis	surrēpsērunt, surrēpsēre
	pluperfect	surrēpseram	surrēpserās	surrēpserat	surrēpserāmus	surrēpserātis	surrēpserant
	future perfect	surrēpserō	surrēpseris	surrēpserit	surrēpserimus	surrēpseritis	surrēpserint
passive	present	surrēpor	surrēperis, surrēpere	surrēpitur	surrēpimur	surrēpiminī	surrēpuntur
	imperfect	surrēpēbar	surrēpēbāris, surrēpēbāre	surrēpēbātur	surrēpēbāmur	surrēpēbāminī	surrēpēbantur
	future	surrēpar	surrēpēris, surrēpēre	surrēpētur	surrēpēmur	surrēpēminī	surrēpentur
	perfect	surrēptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	surrēptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	surrēptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	surrēpam	surrēpās	surrēpat	surrēpāmus	surrēpātis	surrēpant
	imperfect	surrēperem	surrēperēs	surrēperet	surrēperēmus	surrēperētis	surrēperent
	perfect	surrēpserim	surrēpserīs	surrēpserit	surrēpserīmus	surrēpserītis	surrēpserint
	pluperfect	surrēpsissem	surrēpsissēs	surrēpsisset	surrēpsissēmus	surrēpsissētis	surrēpsissent
passive	present	surrēpar	surrēpāris, surrēpāre	surrēpātur	surrēpāmur	surrēpāminī	surrēpantur
	imperfect	surrēperer	surrēperēris, surrēperēre	surrēperētur	surrēperēmur	surrēperēminī	surrēperentur
	perfect	surrēptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	surrēptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	surrēpe	—	—	surrēpite	—
	future	—	surrēpitō	surrēpitō	—	surrēpitōte	surrēpuntō
passive	present	—	surrēpere	—	—	surrēpiminī	—
	future	—	surrēpitor	surrēpitor	—	—	surrēpuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		surrēpere	surrēpsisse	surrēptūrum esse	surrēpī	surrēptum esse	surrēptum īrī
participles		surrēpēns	—	surrēptūrus	—	surrēptus	surrēpendus, surrēpundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		surrēpendī	surrēpendō	surrēpendum	surrēpendō	surrēptum	surrēptū

Derived terms

• surrēptīcius

References

• “surrepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• surrepo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.