comburo

Italian

Verb

comburo

1. first-person singular present indicative of comburere

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ ūrō. The -b- was inserted by analogy with ambūrō. Alternatively directly from co- +‎ ambūrō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈbuː.roː/, [kɔmˈbuːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈbu.ro/, [komˈbuːro]

Verb

combūrō (present infinitive combūrere, perfect active combussī, supine combustum); third conjugation

1. to burn up
2. to consume (with fire)
3. to cremate
4. to scald

Conjugation

Conjugation of combūrō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	combūrō	combūris	combūrit	combūrimus	combūritis	combūrunt
	imperfect	combūrēbam	combūrēbās	combūrēbat	combūrēbāmus	combūrēbātis	combūrēbant
	future	combūram	combūrēs	combūret	combūrēmus	combūrētis	combūrent
	perfect	combussī	combussistī	combussit	combussimus	combussistis	combussērunt, combussēre
	pluperfect	combusseram	combusserās	combusserat	combusserāmus	combusserātis	combusserant
	future perfect	combusserō	combusseris	combusserit	combusserimus	combusseritis	combusserint
passive	present	combūror	combūreris, combūrere	combūritur	combūrimur	combūriminī	combūruntur
	imperfect	combūrēbar	combūrēbāris, combūrēbāre	combūrēbātur	combūrēbāmur	combūrēbāminī	combūrēbantur
	future	combūrar	combūrēris, combūrēre	combūrētur	combūrēmur	combūrēminī	combūrentur
	perfect	combustus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	combustus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	combustus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	combūram	combūrās	combūrat	combūrāmus	combūrātis	combūrant
	imperfect	combūrerem	combūrerēs	combūreret	combūrerēmus	combūrerētis	combūrerent
	perfect	combusserim	combusserīs	combusserit	combusserīmus	combusserītis	combusserint
	pluperfect	combussissem	combussissēs	combussisset	combussissēmus	combussissētis	combussissent
passive	present	combūrar	combūrāris, combūrāre	combūrātur	combūrāmur	combūrāminī	combūrantur
	imperfect	combūrerer	combūrerēris, combūrerēre	combūrerētur	combūrerēmur	combūrerēminī	combūrerentur
	perfect	combustus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	combustus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	combūre	—	—	combūrite	—
	future	—	combūritō	combūritō	—	combūritōte	combūruntō
passive	present	—	combūrere	—	—	combūriminī	—
	future	—	combūritor	combūritor	—	—	combūruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		combūrere	combussisse	combustūrum esse	combūrī	combustum esse	combustum īrī
participles		combūrēns	—	combustūrus	—	combustus	combūrendus, combūrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		combūrendī	combūrendō	combūrendum	combūrendō	combustum	combustū

Descendants

• Italian: comburere
• Old French: comburir
• → English: combust

References

• “comburo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comburo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comburo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.