pertimeo

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ timeō (“fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈti.me.oː/, [pɛrˈt̪ɪmeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈti.me.o/, [perˈt̪iːmeo]

Verb

pertimeō (present infinitive pertimēre, perfect active pertimuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to fear greatly, to be very timid

Conjugation

Conjugation of pertimeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pertimeō	pertimēs	pertimet	pertimēmus	pertimētis	pertiment
	imperfect	pertimēbam	pertimēbās	pertimēbat	pertimēbāmus	pertimēbātis	pertimēbant
	future	pertimēbō	pertimēbis	pertimēbit	pertimēbimus	pertimēbitis	pertimēbunt
	perfect	pertimuī	pertimuistī	pertimuit	pertimuimus	pertimuistis	pertimuērunt, pertimuēre
	pluperfect	pertimueram	pertimuerās	pertimuerat	pertimuerāmus	pertimuerātis	pertimuerant
	future perfect	pertimuerō	pertimueris	pertimuerit	pertimuerimus	pertimueritis	pertimuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pertimeam	pertimeās	pertimeat	pertimeāmus	pertimeātis	pertimeant
	imperfect	pertimērem	pertimērēs	pertimēret	pertimērēmus	pertimērētis	pertimērent
	perfect	pertimuerim	pertimuerīs	pertimuerit	pertimuerīmus	pertimuerītis	pertimuerint
	pluperfect	pertimuissem	pertimuissēs	pertimuisset	pertimuissēmus	pertimuissētis	pertimuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pertimē	—	—	pertimēte	—
	future	—	pertimētō	pertimētō	—	pertimētōte	pertimentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pertimēre	pertimuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pertimēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pertimendī	pertimendō	pertimendum	pertimendō	—	—

Related terms

• praetimeō
• subtimeō
• timeō

See also

• pertimēscō

References

• “pertimeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pertimeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.