propero
Latin
Etymology
From properus + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.pe.roː/, [ˈprɔpɛroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.pe.ro/, [ˈprɔːpero]
Verb
properō (present infinitive properāre, perfect active properāvī, supine properātum); first conjugation
- I hasten, quicken or accelerate
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.763-764:
- Nōn ego tē, quamvīs properābis vincere, Caesar,
sī vetet auspicium, signa movēre velim.- I would not want you – although you will hasten to conquer, Caesar – if the auspice forbids [it], to move [your] military standards.
- Nōn ego tē, quamvīs properābis vincere, Caesar,
- I hurry, rush
- 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Tristia 1.127:
- longa via est, properā!
- The way is long, you [must] hurry!
(Writing from exile, Ovid addresses his book as if it is a living emissary that he is sending back to Rome.)
- The way is long, you [must] hurry!
- longa via est, properā!
- Synonyms: currō, ruō, trepidō, accurrō, festīnō, prōvolō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
- Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
- I repair, return
Conjugation
Conjugation of properō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | properō | properās | properat | properāmus | properātis | properant |
imperfect | properābam | properābās | properābat | properābāmus | properābātis | properābant | |
future | properābō | properābis | properābit | properābimus | properābitis | properābunt | |
perfect | properāvī | properāvistī, properāstī1 | properāvit, properāt1 | properāvimus, properāmus1 | properāvistis, properāstis1 | properāvērunt, properāvēre, properārunt1 | |
pluperfect | properāveram, properāram1 | properāverās, properārās1 | properāverat, properārat1 | properāverāmus, properārāmus1 | properāverātis, properārātis1 | properāverant, properārant1 | |
future perfect | properāverō, properārō1 | properāveris, properāris1 | properāverit, properārit1 | properāverimus, properārimus1 | properāveritis, properāritis1 | properāverint, properārint1 | |
passive | present | properor | properāris, properāre | properātur | properāmur | properāminī | properantur |
imperfect | properābar | properābāris, properābāre | properābātur | properābāmur | properābāminī | properābantur | |
future | properābor | properāberis, properābere | properābitur | properābimur | properābiminī | properābuntur | |
perfect | properātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | properātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | properātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | properem | properēs | properet | properēmus | properētis | properent |
imperfect | properārem | properārēs | properāret | properārēmus | properārētis | properārent | |
perfect | properāverim, properārim1 | properāverīs, properārīs1 | properāverit, properārit1 | properāverīmus, properārīmus1 | properāverītis, properārītis1 | properāverint, properārint1 | |
pluperfect | properāvissem, properāssem1 | properāvissēs, properāssēs1 | properāvisset, properāsset1 | properāvissēmus, properāssēmus1 | properāvissētis, properāssētis1 | properāvissent, properāssent1 | |
passive | present | properer | properēris, properēre | properētur | properēmur | properēminī | properentur |
imperfect | properārer | properārēris, properārēre | properārētur | properārēmur | properārēminī | properārentur | |
perfect | properātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | properātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | properā | — | — | properāte | — |
future | — | properātō | properātō | — | properātōte | properantō | |
passive | present | — | properāre | — | — | properāminī | — |
future | — | properātor | properātor | — | — | properantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | properāre | properāvisse, properāsse1 | properātūrum esse | properārī | properātum esse | properātum īrī | |
participles | properāns | — | properātūrus | — | properātus | properandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
properandī | properandō | properandum | properandō | properātum | properātū |
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
- dēproperō
References
- “propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci
- he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci