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praetimeo

praetimeo

Latin

Verb

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

  1. I 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?

Inflection

   Conjugation of praetimeo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
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
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
first second third first second third
active present — praetimē — — praetimēte —
future — praetimētō praetimētō — praetimētōte praetimentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praetimēre praetimuisse — — — —
participles praetimēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
praetimēre praetimendī praetimendō praetimendum — —

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Etymology

From prae- +‎ timeō ‎(“fear”).

Pronunciation

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