praesideo
Latin
Etymology
From prae- + sedeō (“sit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈsi.de.oː/, [prae̯ˈsɪ.de.oː]
Verb
praesideō (present infinitive praesidēre, perfect active praesēdī, supine praesessum); second conjugation, no passive
- I sit before or in front of
- I sit beforehand
- I guard, watch, protect, defend
- I preside over, have the care or management of, direct, command, control, govern, superintend
Conjugation
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
| Conjugation of praesideō (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praesideō | praesidēs | praesidet | praesidēmus | praesidētis | praesident |
| imperfect | praesidēbam | praesidēbās | praesidēbat | praesidēbāmus | praesidēbātis | praesidēbant | |
| future | praesidēbō | praesidēbis | praesidēbit | praesidēbimus | praesidēbitis | praesidēbunt | |
| perfect | praesēdī | praesēdistī | praesēdit | praesēdimus | praesēdistis | praesēdērunt, praesēdēre | |
| pluperfect | praesēderam | praesēderās | praesēderat | praesēderāmus | praesēderātis | praesēderant | |
| future perfect | praesēderō | praesēderis | praesēderit | praesēderimus | praesēderitis | praesēderint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praesideam | praesideās | praesideat | praesideāmus | praesideātis | praesideant |
| imperfect | praesidērem | praesidērēs | praesidēret | praesidērēmus | praesidērētis | praesidērent | |
| perfect | praesēderim | praesēderīs | praesēderit | praesēderīmus | praesēderītis | praesēderint | |
| pluperfect | praesēdissem | praesēdissēs | praesēdisset | praesēdissēmus | praesēdissētis | praesēdissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praesidē | — | — | praesidēte | — |
| future | — | praesidētō | praesidētō | — | praesidētōte | praesidentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praesidēre | praesēdisse | praesessūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | praesidēns | — | praesessūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praesidendī | praesidendō | praesidendum | praesidendō | praesessum | praesessū | ||
Derived terms
- praeses
- praesidēns
Related terms
- assideō
- circumsedeō
- dēsideō
- dissideō
- īnsideō
- obsideō
- persedeō
- possideō
- praesidium
- resideō
- sedeō
- supersedeō
Descendants
- Catalan: presidir
- Old French: presider
- → English: preside
- French: présider
- Norman: présider
- Italian: presedere, presiedere
- Portuguese: presidir
- Spanish: presidir
References
- praesideo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praesideo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette