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Etymology

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From praeter +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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praetereō (present infinitive praeterīre, perfect active praeteriī or praeterīvī, supine praeteritum); irregular conjugation, irregular

  1. to pass by or go by
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.156–157:
      At puer Ascanius mediīs in vallibus ācrī
      gaudet equō, iamque hōs cursū, iam praeterit illōs, [...].
      But within the valleys, young Ascanius delights in [riding] his keen-spirited horse, and now in his galloping he passes by these [ones], now those, [...].
  2. to surpass or excel
    Synonyms: trānseō, trānsgredior, superō, praeferō, trānsmittō, peragō, intrō
  3. to disregard, neglect, omit or miss
    Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.23:
      Sed, quod scīscitārī paene praeterīvī, quō dictō factōve rūrsum exūtīs pinnulīs illīs ad meum redībō Lūcium?
      But, as I almost neglected (or forgot) asking you, with what incantation or action will I cast off those little feathers and return to my old self again?
    • 1435, Leon Battista Alberti, De pictura 1.5:
      Verum non minima fuit apud priscos disceptatio a superficie an ab oculo ipsi radii erumpant. Quae disceptatio sane difficilis atque apud nos admodum inutilis pretereatur.
      It is true there was a significant dispute among the ancients on whether these rays [of light] came out of the surface or from the eye. This really difficult question, which is quite irrelevant for us, may be disregarded.
  4. (time) to spend, pass
    Synonyms: abeō, cēdō, intercēdō, lābor

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of praetereō (irregular)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praetereō praeterīs praeterit praeterīmus praeterītis praetereunt
imperfect praeterībam praeterībās praeterībat praeterībāmus praeterībātis praeterībant
future praeterībō praeterībis praeterībit praeterībimus praeterībitis praeterībunt
perfect praeteriī,
praeterīvī
praeterīstī,
praeterīvistī
praeteriit,
praeterīvit
praeteriimus praeterīstis praeteriērunt,
praeteriēre
pluperfect praeterieram praeterierās praeterierat praeterierāmus praeterierātis praeterierant
future perfect praeterierō praeterieris praeterierit praeterierimus praeterieritis praeterierint
passive present praetereor praeterīris,
praeterīre
praeterītur praeterīmur praeterīminī praetereuntur
imperfect praeterībar praeterībāris,
praeterībāre
praeterībātur praeterībāmur praeterībāminī praeterībantur
future praeterībor praeterīberis,
praeterībere
praeterībitur praeterībimur praeterībiminī praeterībuntur
perfect praeteritus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praeteritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praeteritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praeteream praetereās praetereat praetereāmus praetereātis praetereant
imperfect praeterīrem praeterīrēs praeterīret praeterīrēmus praeterīrētis praeterīrent
perfect praeterierim praeterierīs praeterierit praeterierīmus praeterierītis praeterierint
pluperfect praeterīssem praeterīssēs praeterīsset praeterīssēmus praeterīssētis praeterīssent
passive present praeterear praetereāris,
praetereāre
praetereātur praetereāmur praetereāminī praetereantur
imperfect praeterīrer praeterīrēris,
praeterīrēre
praeterīrētur praeterīrēmur praeterīrēminī praeterīrentur
perfect praeteritus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praeteritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praeterī praeterīte
future praeterītō praeterītō praeterītōte praetereuntō
passive present praeterīre praeterīminī
future praeterītor praeterītor praetereuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praeterīre praeterīsse praeteritūrum esse praeterīrī praeteritum esse praeteritum īrī
participles praeteriēns praeteritūrus praeteritus praetereundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praetereundī praetereundō praetereundum praetereundō praeteritum praeteritū

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References

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  • praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praetereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • time passes: tempus praeterit, transit
    • in the past year: praeterito anno (not praeterlapso)
    • I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
    • to pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid
  • praetereo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016