promereo
Latin
Alternative forms
- (deponent form) prōmereor
Etymology
From prō- + mereō (“earn, merit, deserve”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈme.re.oː/, [proːˈmɛ.re.oː]
Verb
prōmereō (present infinitive prōmerēre, perfect active prōmeruī, supine prōmeritum); second conjugation
- I am deserving of, deserve, merit, earn.
- (by extension) I acquire, earn, gain, get, win.
Inflection
| Conjugation of promereo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōmereō | prōmerēs | prōmeret | prōmerēmus | prōmerētis | prōmerent |
| imperfect | prōmerēbam | prōmerēbās | prōmerēbat | prōmerēbāmus | prōmerēbātis | prōmerēbant | |
| future | prōmerēbō | prōmerēbis | prōmerēbit | prōmerēbimus | prōmerēbitis | prōmerēbunt | |
| perfect | prōmeruī | prōmeruistī | prōmeruit | prōmeruimus | prōmeruistis | prōmeruērunt, prōmeruēre | |
| pluperfect | prōmerueram | prōmeruerās | prōmeruerat | prōmeruerāmus | prōmeruerātis | prōmeruerant | |
| future perfect | prōmeruerō | prōmerueris | prōmeruerit | prōmeruerimus | prōmerueritis | prōmeruerint | |
| passive | present | prōmereor | prōmerēris, prōmerēre | prōmerētur | prōmerēmur | prōmerēminī | prōmerentur |
| imperfect | prōmerēbar | prōmerēbāris, prōmerēbāre | prōmerēbātur | prōmerēbāmur | prōmerēbāminī | prōmerēbantur | |
| future | prōmerēbor | prōmerēberis, prōmerēbere | prōmerēbitur | prōmerēbimur | prōmerēbiminī | prōmerēbuntur | |
| perfect | prōmeritus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prōmeritus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | prōmeritus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōmeream | prōmereās | prōmereat | prōmereāmus | prōmereātis | prōmereant |
| imperfect | prōmerērem | prōmerērēs | prōmerēret | prōmerērēmus | prōmerērētis | prōmerērent | |
| perfect | prōmeruerim | prōmeruerīs | prōmeruerit | prōmeruerimus | prōmerueritis | prōmeruerint | |
| pluperfect | prōmeruissem | prōmeruissēs | prōmeruisset | prōmeruissēmus | prōmeruissētis | prōmeruissent | |
| passive | present | prōmerear | prōmereāris, prōmereāre | prōmereātur | prōmereāmur | prōmereāminī | prōmereantur |
| imperfect | prōmerērer | prōmerērēris, prōmerērēre | prōmerērētur | prōmerērēmur | prōmerērēminī | prōmerērentur | |
| perfect | prōmeritus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prōmeritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | prōmerē | — | — | prōmerēte | — |
| future | — | prōmerētō | prōmerētō | — | prōmerētōte | prōmerentō | |
| passive | present | — | prōmerēre | — | — | prōmerēminī | — |
| future | — | prōmerētor | prōmerētor | — | — | prōmerentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prōmerēre | prōmeruisse | prōmeritūrus esse | prōmerērī | prōmeritus esse | prōmeritum īrī | |
| participles | prōmerēns | — | prōmeritūrus | — | prōmeritus | prōmerendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| prōmerēre | prōmerendī | prōmerendō | prōmerendum | prōmeritum | prōmeritū | ||
Derived terms
- prōmeritum
Related terms
- commereō
- dēmereō
- ēmereō
- mereō
- permereō
References
- promereo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- promereo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette