praetimeo
Latin
Etymology
From prae- + timeō (“fear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈti.me.oː/, [prae̯ˈtɪ.me.oː]
Verb
praetimeō (present infinitive praetimēre, perfect active praetimuī); second conjugation, no passive
- 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?
- Nihil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere: quae ista dementia est malum suum antecedere?
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 | praetimuerimus | praetimueritis | 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 | — | — | ||
Related terms
- pertimeō
- subtimeō
- timeō
References
- 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