approximo
Latin
Alternative forms
- adproximō
Etymology
From ad- + proximō (“draw near, approach”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /apˈprok.si.moː/, [äpˈprɔks̠ɪmoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /apˈprok.si.mo/, [äpˈprɔksimo]
Verb
approximō (present infinitive approximāre, perfect active approximāvī, supine approximātum); first conjugation
- I am or draw near to, approach
- I approximate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of approximō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | approximō | approximās | approximat | approximāmus | approximātis | approximant |
| imperfect | approximābam | approximābās | approximābat | approximābāmus | approximābātis | approximābant | |
| future | approximābō | approximābis | approximābit | approximābimus | approximābitis | approximābunt | |
| perfect | approximāvī | approximāvistī | approximāvit | approximāvimus | approximāvistis | approximāvērunt, approximāvēre | |
| pluperfect | approximāveram | approximāverās | approximāverat | approximāverāmus | approximāverātis | approximāverant | |
| future perfect | approximāverō | approximāveris | approximāverit | approximāverimus | approximāveritis | approximāverint | |
| passive | present | approximor | approximāris, approximāre | approximātur | approximāmur | approximāminī | approximantur |
| imperfect | approximābar | approximābāris, approximābāre | approximābātur | approximābāmur | approximābāminī | approximābantur | |
| future | approximābor | approximāberis, approximābere | approximābitur | approximābimur | approximābiminī | approximābuntur | |
| perfect | approximātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | approximātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | approximātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | approximem | approximēs | approximet | approximēmus | approximētis | approximent |
| imperfect | approximārem | approximārēs | approximāret | approximārēmus | approximārētis | approximārent | |
| perfect | approximāverim | approximāverīs | approximāverit | approximāverīmus | approximāverītis | approximāverint | |
| pluperfect | approximāvissem | approximāvissēs | approximāvisset | approximāvissēmus | approximāvissētis | approximāvissent | |
| passive | present | approximer | approximēris, approximēre | approximētur | approximēmur | approximēminī | approximentur |
| imperfect | approximārer | approximārēris, approximārēre | approximārētur | approximārēmur | approximārēminī | approximārentur | |
| perfect | approximātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | approximātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | approximā | — | — | approximāte | — |
| future | — | approximātō | approximātō | — | approximātōte | approximantō | |
| passive | present | — | approximāre | — | — | approximāminī | — |
| future | — | approximātor | approximātor | — | — | approximantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | approximāre | approximāvisse | approximātūrum esse | approximārī | approximātum esse | approximātum īrī | |
| participles | approximāns | — | approximātūrus | — | approximātus | approximandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| approximandī | approximandō | approximandum | approximandō | approximātum | approximātū | ||
Derived terms
- approximātiō
Descendants
- Inherited:
- Old Franco-Provençal: aproismar, aproimar
- Franco-Provençal: approîmar
- Old French: aproismier, aproismer, aprismer
- Franc-Comtois: aprimai
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: s'apremer
- Old Lombard: aprosmar
- Old Occitan: aprosmar, aproimar
- Occitan: aproimar, apromar
- Old Franco-Provençal: aproismar, aproimar
- Borrowed:
- → Catalan: aproximar
- → English: approximate
- → Italian: approssimare
- → Old French: approximer
- French: approximer
- → Portuguese: aproximar
- → Romanian: aproxima
- → Spanish: aproximar
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “approximare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 55
Further reading
- “approximo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- approximo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette