promineo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From prō- + *mineō (“project, jut”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈmi.ne.oː/, [proːˈmɪneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈmi.ne.o/, [proˈmiːneo]
Verb edit
prōmineō (present infinitive prōminēre, perfect active prōminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to stand or jut out; to project, overhang; to be prominent
- (figuratively) to bend or reach out (for), extend (to)
Conjugation edit
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References edit
- “promineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “promineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.