propero

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.pe.roː/, [ˈprɔpɛroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.pe.ro/, [ˈprɔːpero]

Verb edit

properō (present infinitive properāre, perfect active properāvī, supine properātum); first conjugation

to hasten, quicken or accelerate
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.763–764:
  Nōn ego tē, quamvīs properābis vincere, Caesar,
  sī vetet auspicium, signa movēre velim.
  I would not want you – although you will hasten to conquer, Caesar – if the auspice forbids [it], to move [your] military standards.
to hurry, rush
Synonyms: currō, ruō, trepidō, accurrō, festīnō, prōripiō, prōvolō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō

Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
- 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.127:
  longa via est, properā!
  The way is long, you [must] hurry!
  (Writing from exile, Ovid addresses his book as if it is a living emissary that he is sending back to Rome.)
to repair, return

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of properō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	properō	properās	properat	properāmus	properātis	properant
	imperfect	properābam	properābās	properābat	properābāmus	properābātis	properābant
	future	properābō	properābis	properābit	properābimus	properābitis	properābunt
	perfect	properāvī	properāvistī, properāstī¹	properāvit, properāt¹	properāvimus, properāmus¹	properāvistis, properāstis¹	properāvērunt, properāvēre, properārunt¹
	pluperfect	properāveram, properāram¹	properāverās, properārās¹	properāverat, properārat¹	properāverāmus, properārāmus¹	properāverātis, properārātis¹	properāverant, properārant¹
	future perfect	properāverō, properārō¹	properāveris, properāris¹	properāverit, properārit¹	properāverimus, properārimus¹	properāveritis, properāritis¹	properāverint, properārint¹
passive	present	properor	properāris, properāre	properātur	properāmur	properāminī	properantur
	imperfect	properābar	properābāris, properābāre	properābātur	properābāmur	properābāminī	properābantur
	future	properābor	properāberis, properābere	properābitur	properābimur	properābiminī	properābuntur
	perfect	properātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	properātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	properātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	properem	properēs	properet	properēmus	properētis	properent
	imperfect	properārem	properārēs	properāret	properārēmus	properārētis	properārent
	perfect	properāverim, properārim¹	properāverīs, properārīs¹	properāverit, properārit¹	properāverīmus, properārīmus¹	properāverītis, properārītis¹	properāverint, properārint¹
	pluperfect	properāvissem, properāssem¹	properāvissēs, properāssēs¹	properāvisset, properāsset¹	properāvissēmus, properāssēmus¹	properāvissētis, properāssētis¹	properāvissent, properāssent¹
passive	present	properer	properēris, properēre	properētur	properēmur	properēminī	properentur
	imperfect	properārer	properārēris, properārēre	properārētur	properārēmur	properārēminī	properārentur
	perfect	properātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	properātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	properā	—	—	properāte	—
active	future	—	properātō	properātō	—	properātōte	properantō
passive	present	—	properāre	—	—	properāminī	—
passive	future	—	properātor	properātor	—	—	properantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		properāre	properāvisse, properāsse¹	properātūrum esse	properārī	properātum esse	properātum īrī
participles		properāns	—	properātūrus	—	properātus	properandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		properandī	properandō	properandum	properandō	properātum	properātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms edit

dēproperō

References edit

“propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
propero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci