corruptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of corrumpō.

Participle

corruptus (feminine corrupta, neuter corruptum); first/second-declension participle

1. perverted, corrupted
2. spoiled
3. contaminated
4. seduced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	corruptus	corrupta	corruptum		corruptī	corruptae	corrupta
Genitive	corruptī	corruptae	corruptī		corruptōrum	corruptārum	corruptōrum
Dative	corruptō		corruptō		corruptīs
Accusative	corruptum	corruptam	corruptum		corruptōs	corruptās	corrupta
Ablative	corruptō	corruptā	corruptō		corruptīs
Vocative	corrupte	corrupta	corruptum		corruptī	corruptae	corrupta

Related terms

• corruptiō

Descendants

• Catalan: corrupte
• English: corrupt
• German: korrupt
• Italian: corrotto
• Old French: corropt
• Portuguese: corrupto
• Romanian: corupt
• Spanish: corrupto

References

• “corruptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corruptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corruptus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• corruptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • incorrect usage: consuetudo vitiosa et corrupta (opp. pura et incorrupta) sermonis
    
  • moral corruption (not corruptela morum): mores corrupti or perditi
    
  • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus