praesideo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈsɪ.de.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈs̬iː.d̪e.o]

Verb

praesideō (present infinitive praesidēre, perfect active praesēdī, supine praesessum); second conjugation, no passive

to sit before or in front of
to sit beforehand
to guard, watch, protect, defend
to preside over, have the care or management of, direct, command, control, govern, superintend

Conjugation

This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of praesideō (second conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	praesideō	praesidēs		praesidet	praesidēmus	praesidētis		praesident
	imperfect	praesidēbam	praesidēbās		praesidēbat	praesidēbāmus	praesidēbātis		praesidēbant
	future	praesidēbō	praesidēbis		praesidēbit	praesidēbimus	praesidēbitis		praesidēbunt
	perfect	praesēdī	praesēdistī		praesēdit	praesēdimus	praesēdistis		praesēdērunt, praesēdēre
	pluperfect	praesēderam	praesēderās		praesēderat	praesēderāmus	praesēderātis		praesēderant
	future perfect	praesēderō	praesēderis		praesēderit	praesēderimus	praesēderitis		praesēderint
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	praesideam	praesideās		praesideat	praesideāmus	praesideātis		praesideant
	imperfect	praesidērem	praesidērēs		praesidēret	praesidērēmus	praesidērētis		praesidērent
	perfect	praesēderim	praesēderīs		praesēderit	praesēderīmus	praesēderītis		praesēderint
	pluperfect	praesēdissem	praesēdissēs		praesēdisset	praesēdissēmus	praesēdissētis		praesēdissent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	praesidē		—	—	praesidēte		—
active	future	—	praesidētō		praesidētō	—	praesidētōte		praesidentō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		praesidēre		—		praesidēns		—
future		praesessūrum esse		—		praesessūrus		—
perfect		praesēdisse		—		—		—
perfect potential		praesessūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		praesidendī	praesidendō		praesidendum	praesidendō	praesessum		praesessū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: presidir
Old French: presider
- → English: preside
- French: présider
- Norman: présider
Galician: presidir
Italian: presedere, presiedere
Portuguese: presidir
Romanian: președea
Spanish: presidir

References

“praesideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“praesideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
praesideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.