promoveo
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + moveō (“move”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈmo.we.oː/, [proːˈmɔ.we.oː]
Verb
prōmoveō (present infinitive prōmovēre, perfect active prōmōvī, supine prōmōtum); second conjugation
- I move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance.
- I extend, enlarge, increase.
- (of a joint) I put out, dislocate, displace.
- (figuratively) I bring to pass, effect, accomplish, progress.
- (figuratively) I enlarge, increase, promote, advance.
- (figuratively) I bring to light, reveal.
- (figuratively) I put off, defer, postpone.
Inflection
| Conjugation of promoveo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōmoveō | prōmovēs | prōmovet | prōmovēmus | prōmovētis | prōmovent |
| imperfect | prōmovēbam | prōmovēbās | prōmovēbat | prōmovēbāmus | prōmovēbātis | prōmovēbant | |
| future | prōmovēbō | prōmovēbis | prōmovēbit | prōmovēbimus | prōmovēbitis | prōmovēbunt | |
| perfect | prōmōvī | prōmōvistī | prōmōvit | prōmōvimus | prōmōvistis | prōmōvērunt, prōmōvēre | |
| pluperfect | prōmōveram | prōmōverās | prōmōverat | prōmōverāmus | prōmōverātis | prōmōverant | |
| future perfect | prōmōverō | prōmōveris | prōmōverit | prōmōverimus | prōmōveritis | prōmōverint | |
| passive | present | prōmoveor | prōmovēris, prōmovēre | prōmovētur | prōmovēmur | prōmovēminī | prōmoventur |
| imperfect | prōmovēbar | prōmovēbāris, prōmovēbāre | prōmovēbātur | prōmovēbāmur | prōmovēbāminī | prōmovēbantur | |
| future | prōmovēbor | prōmovēberis, prōmovēbere | prōmovēbitur | prōmovēbimur | prōmovēbiminī | prōmovēbuntur | |
| perfect | prōmōtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prōmōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | prōmōtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōmoveam | prōmoveās | prōmoveat | prōmoveāmus | prōmoveātis | prōmoveant |
| imperfect | prōmovērem | prōmovērēs | prōmovēret | prōmovērēmus | prōmovērētis | prōmovērent | |
| perfect | prōmōverim | prōmōverīs | prōmōverit | prōmōverimus | prōmōveritis | prōmōverint | |
| pluperfect | prōmōvissem | prōmōvissēs | prōmōvisset | prōmōvissēmus | prōmōvissētis | prōmōvissent | |
| passive | present | prōmovear | prōmoveāris, prōmoveāre | prōmoveātur | prōmoveāmur | prōmoveāminī | prōmoveantur |
| imperfect | prōmovērer | prōmovērēris, prōmovērēre | prōmovērētur | prōmovērēmur | prōmovērēminī | prōmovērentur | |
| perfect | prōmōtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prōmōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | prōmovē | — | — | prōmovēte | — |
| future | — | prōmovētō | prōmovētō | — | prōmovētōte | prōmoventō | |
| passive | present | — | prōmovēre | — | — | prōmovēminī | — |
| future | — | prōmovētor | prōmovētor | — | — | prōmoventor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prōmovēre | prōmōvisse | prōmōtūrus esse | prōmovērī | prōmōtus esse | prōmōtum īrī | |
| participles | prōmovēns | — | prōmōtūrus | — | prōmōtus | prōmovendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| prōmovēre | prōmovendī | prōmovendō | prōmovendum | prōmōtum | prōmōtū | ||
Derived terms
- prōmōta
- prōmōtiō
- prōmōtus
Related terms
Related terms
- admoveō
- āmoveō
- commoveō
- dēmoveō
- dīmoveō
- ēmoveō
- moveō
- mūtō
- permoveō
- praemoveō
- removeō
- sēmoveō
- submoveō
- trānsmoveō
Descendants
- Catalan: promoure
- English: promote
- French: promouvoir
- German: promovieren
- Italian: promuovere
- Portuguese: promover
- Romanian: promova
- Spanish: promover
References
- promoveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- promoveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette