praetereo

Latin

Alternative forms

• prētereō (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From praeter +‎ eō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈte.re.oː/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɛreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈte.re.o/, [preˈt̪ɛːreo]

Verb

praetereō (present infinitive praeterīre, perfect active praeteriī or praeterīvī, supine praeteritum); irregular conjugation, irregular

1. to pass by or go by
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.156–157:

     At puer Ascanius mediīs in vallibus ācrī
     gaudet equō, iamque hōs cursū, iam praeterit illōs, [...].

     But within the valleys, young Ascanius delights in [riding] his keen-spirited horse, and now in his galloping he passes by these [ones], now those, [...].

2. to surpass or excel

   Synonyms: trānseō, trānsgredior, superō, praeferō, trānsmittō, peragō, intrō

3. to disregard, neglect, omit or miss

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.23:

     Sed, quod scīscitārī paene praeterīvī, quō dictō factōve rūrsum exūtīs pinnulīs illīs ad meum redībō Lūcium?

     But, as I almost neglected (or forgot) asking you, with what incantation or action will I cast off those little feathers and return to my old self again?

   • 1435, Leon Battista Alberti, De pictura 1.5:

     Verum non minima fuit apud priscos disceptatio a superficie an ab oculo ipsi radii erumpant. Quae disceptatio sane difficilis atque apud nos admodum inutilis pretereatur.

     It is true there was a significant dispute among the ancients on whether these rays [of light] came out of the surface or from the eye. This really difficult question, which is quite irrelevant for us, may be disregarded.

4. (time) to spend, pass

   Synonyms: abeō, cēdō, intercēdō, lābor

Conjugation

Conjugation of praetereō (irregular)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praetereō	praeterīs	praeterit	praeterīmus	praeterītis	praetereunt
	imperfect	praeterībam	praeterībās	praeterībat	praeterībāmus	praeterībātis	praeterībant
	future	praeterībō	praeterībis	praeterībit	praeterībimus	praeterībitis	praeterībunt
	perfect	praeteriī, praeterīvī	praeterīstī, praeterīvistī	praeteriit, praeterīvit	praeteriimus	praeterīstis	praeteriērunt, praeteriēre
	pluperfect	praeterieram	praeterierās	praeterierat	praeterierāmus	praeterierātis	praeterierant
	future perfect	praeterierō	praeterieris	praeterierit	praeterierimus	praeterieritis	praeterierint
passive	present	praetereor	praeterīris, praeterīre	praeterītur	praeterīmur	praeterīminī	praetereuntur
	imperfect	praeterībar	praeterībāris, praeterībāre	praeterībātur	praeterībāmur	praeterībāminī	praeterībantur
	future	praeterībor	praeterīberis, praeterībere	praeterībitur	praeterībimur	praeterībiminī	praeterībuntur
	perfect	praeteritus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praeteritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praeteritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praeteream	praetereās	praetereat	praetereāmus	praetereātis	praetereant
	imperfect	praeterīrem	praeterīrēs	praeterīret	praeterīrēmus	praeterīrētis	praeterīrent
	perfect	praeterierim	praeterierīs	praeterierit	praeterierīmus	praeterierītis	praeterierint
	pluperfect	praeterīssem	praeterīssēs	praeterīsset	praeterīssēmus	praeterīssētis	praeterīssent
passive	present	praeterear	praetereāris, praetereāre	praetereātur	praetereāmur	praetereāminī	praetereantur
	imperfect	praeterīrer	praeterīrēris, praeterīrēre	praeterīrētur	praeterīrēmur	praeterīrēminī	praeterīrentur
	perfect	praeteritus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praeteritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praeterī	—	—	praeterīte	—
	future	—	praeterītō	praeterītō	—	praeterītōte	praetereuntō
passive	present	—	praeterīre	—	—	praeterīminī	—
	future	—	praeterītor	praeterītor	—	—	praetereuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praeterīre	praeterīsse	praeteritūrum esse	praeterīrī	praeteritum esse	praeteritum īrī
participles		praeteriēns	—	praeteritūrus	—	praeteritus	praetereundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praetereundī	praetereundō	praetereundum	praetereundō	praeteritum	praeteritū

Descendants

• Catalan: perterir
• → English: preterition, preterite
• → Italian: preterire
• → Portuguese: preterir
• → Spanish: preterir

References

• “praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praetereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • time passes: tempus praeterit, transit
    
  • in the past year: praeterito anno (not praeterlapso)
    
  • I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
    
  • to pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid
    
• praetereo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016