Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the adverb praestō with the unusual infix -lā-. Compare ambulō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

praestōlor (present infinitive praestōlārī or praestōlārier, perfect active praestōlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to await, wait for
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 5 13.period1:
      Ē plēbe homō nocte mediā iūxtā cubiculum eius cum pūgiōne dēprehensus est; repertī et equestris ōrdinis duo in pūblicō cum dolōne ac vēnātōriō cultrō praestōlantēs, alter ut ēgressum theātrō, alter ut sacrificantem apud Mārtis aedem adorerētur.
      A man from the plebeian class was caught in the middle of the night by his room with a dagger; there were also found two from the equestrian class with a sword-cane and hunting knife awaiting in public, one to assault him having exited the theater, the other sacrificing in the temple of Mars.
  2. to expect

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of praestōlor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praestōlor praestōlāris,
praestōlāre
praestōlātur praestōlāmur praestōlāminī praestōlantur
imperfect praestōlābar praestōlābāris,
praestōlābāre
praestōlābātur praestōlābāmur praestōlābāminī praestōlābantur
future praestōlābor praestōlāberis,
praestōlābere
praestōlābitur praestōlābimur praestōlābiminī praestōlābuntur
perfect praestōlātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praestōlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praestōlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praestōler praestōlēris,
praestōlēre
praestōlētur praestōlēmur praestōlēminī praestōlentur
imperfect praestōlārer praestōlārēris,
praestōlārēre
praestōlārētur praestōlārēmur praestōlārēminī praestōlārentur
perfect praestōlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praestōlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praestōlāre praestōlāminī
future praestōlātor praestōlātor praestōlantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praestōlārī,
praestōlārier1
praestōlātum esse praestōlātūrum esse
participles praestōlāns praestōlātus praestōlātūrus praestōlandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praestōlandī praestōlandō praestōlandum praestōlandō praestōlātum praestōlātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References edit

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