promineo
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + *mineō (“project, jut”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈmi.ne.oː/, [proːˈmɪ.ne.oː]
Verb
prōmineō (present infinitive prōminēre, perfect active prōminuī); second conjugation, no passive
- I stand or jut out; I project, overhang; I am prominent.
- (figuratively) I bend or reach out (for), extend (to).
Inflection
| Conjugation of promineo (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōmineō | prōminēs | prōminet | prōminēmus | prōminētis | prōminent |
| imperfect | prōminēbam | prōminēbās | prōminēbat | prōminēbāmus | prōminēbātis | prōminēbant | |
| future | prōminēbō | prōminēbis | prōminēbit | prōminēbimus | prōminēbitis | prōminēbunt | |
| perfect | prōminuī | prōminuistī | prōminuit | prōminuimus | prōminuistis | prōminuērunt, prōminuēre | |
| pluperfect | prōminueram | prōminuerās | prōminuerat | prōminuerāmus | prōminuerātis | prōminuerant | |
| future perfect | prōminuerō | prōminueris | prōminuerit | prōminuerimus | prōminueritis | prōminuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōmineam | prōmineās | prōmineat | prōmineāmus | prōmineātis | prōmineant |
| imperfect | prōminērem | prōminērēs | prōminēret | prōminērēmus | prōminērētis | prōminērent | |
| perfect | prōminuerim | prōminuerīs | prōminuerit | prōminuerimus | prōminueritis | prōminuerint | |
| pluperfect | prōminuissem | prōminuissēs | prōminuisset | prōminuissēmus | prōminuissētis | prōminuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | prōminē | — | — | prōminēte | — |
| future | — | prōminētō | prōminētō | — | prōminētōte | prōminentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prōminēre | prōminuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | prōminēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| prōminēre | prōminendī | prōminendō | prōminendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- prōminēns
- prōminenter
- prōminentia
- prōminulus
Related terms
- ēmineō
- immineō
References
- promineo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- promineo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette