Italian

Verb

prosterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of prosternare

Latin

Etymology

From prō +‎ sternō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pros.ˈter.noː/

Verb

prōsternō ‎(present infinitive prōsternere, perfect active prōstrāvī, supine prōstrātum); third conjugation

1. I strew in front of
2. I prostrate
3. I overthrow or subvert
4. I lay low, make fallen

Inflection

Descendants

• English: prostrate
• French: prosterner
• Italian: prostrare, prosternare
• Portuguese: prostrar, prosternar
• Spanish: prostrar, postrar

References

• prosterno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prosterno in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prosterno”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
    
  • to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
    
  • to rout the enemy: prosternere, profligare hostem