praetimeo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prae- +‎ timeō (“fear”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈti.me.oː/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɪmeoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈti.me.o/, [preˈt̪iːmeo]

Verb edit

praetimeō (present infinitive praetimēre, perfect active praetimuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to fear beforehand, worry
- c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 16.2.7:
  Nihil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere: quae ista dementia est malum suum antecedere?
  And there is nothing more wretched or foolish than premature fear: what madness is it to anticipate one’s troubles?

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of praetimeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praetimeō	praetimēs	praetimet	praetimēmus	praetimētis	praetiment
	imperfect	praetimēbam	praetimēbās	praetimēbat	praetimēbāmus	praetimēbātis	praetimēbant
	future	praetimēbō	praetimēbis	praetimēbit	praetimēbimus	praetimēbitis	praetimēbunt
	perfect	praetimuī	praetimuistī	praetimuit	praetimuimus	praetimuistis	praetimuērunt, praetimuēre
	pluperfect	praetimueram	praetimuerās	praetimuerat	praetimuerāmus	praetimuerātis	praetimuerant
	future perfect	praetimuerō	praetimueris	praetimuerit	praetimuerimus	praetimueritis	praetimuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praetimeam	praetimeās	praetimeat	praetimeāmus	praetimeātis	praetimeant
	imperfect	praetimērem	praetimērēs	praetimēret	praetimērēmus	praetimērētis	praetimērent
	perfect	praetimuerim	praetimuerīs	praetimuerit	praetimuerīmus	praetimuerītis	praetimuerint
	pluperfect	praetimuissem	praetimuissēs	praetimuisset	praetimuissēmus	praetimuissētis	praetimuissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praetimē	—	—	praetimēte	—
active	future	—	praetimētō	praetimētō	—	praetimētōte	praetimentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praetimēre	praetimuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		praetimēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praetimendī	praetimendō	praetimendum	praetimendō	—	—

Related terms edit

References edit

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