prosterno
See also: prosternò
Italian
Verb
prosterno
- first-person singular present indicative of prosternare
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + sternō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːsˈter.noː/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɛrnoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prosˈter.no/, [prosˈt̪ɛrno]
Verb
prōsternō (present infinitive prōsternere, perfect active prōstrāvī, supine prōstrātum); third conjugation
- I strew in front of
- I prostrate, knock down, throw to the ground
- Synonyms: sternō, fundō, prōflīgō, ruō
- I overthrow or subvert
- Synonyms: subvertō, prōflīgō, impellō, pervertō, ēvertō, sternō, fundō, dēturbō, afflīgō, versō, vertō, dissipō
- I lay low, make fallen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of prōsternō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōsternō | prōsternis | prōsternit | prōsternimus | prōsternitis | prōsternunt |
| imperfect | prōsternēbam | prōsternēbās | prōsternēbat | prōsternēbāmus | prōsternēbātis | prōsternēbant | |
| future | prōsternam | prōsternēs | prōsternet | prōsternēmus | prōsternētis | prōsternent | |
| perfect | prōstrāvī | prōstrāvistī | prōstrāvit | prōstrāvimus | prōstrāvistis | prōstrāvērunt, prōstrāvēre | |
| pluperfect | prōstrāveram | prōstrāverās | prōstrāverat | prōstrāverāmus | prōstrāverātis | prōstrāverant | |
| future perfect | prōstrāverō | prōstrāveris | prōstrāverit | prōstrāverimus | prōstrāveritis | prōstrāverint | |
| passive | present | prōsternor | prōsterneris, prōsternere | prōsternitur | prōsternimur | prōsterniminī | prōsternuntur |
| imperfect | prōsternēbar | prōsternēbāris, prōsternēbāre | prōsternēbātur | prōsternēbāmur | prōsternēbāminī | prōsternēbantur | |
| future | prōsternar | prōsternēris, prōsternēre | prōsternētur | prōsternēmur | prōsternēminī | prōsternentur | |
| perfect | prōstrātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prōstrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | prōstrātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōsternam | prōsternās | prōsternat | prōsternāmus | prōsternātis | prōsternant |
| imperfect | prōsternerem | prōsternerēs | prōsterneret | prōsternerēmus | prōsternerētis | prōsternerent | |
| perfect | prōstrāverim | prōstrāverīs | prōstrāverit | prōstrāverīmus | prōstrāverītis | prōstrāverint | |
| pluperfect | prōstrāvissem | prōstrāvissēs | prōstrāvisset | prōstrāvissēmus | prōstrāvissētis | prōstrāvissent | |
| passive | present | prōsternar | prōsternāris, prōsternāre | prōsternātur | prōsternāmur | prōsternāminī | prōsternantur |
| imperfect | prōsternerer | prōsternerēris, prōsternerēre | prōsternerētur | prōsternerēmur | prōsternerēminī | prōsternerentur | |
| perfect | prōstrātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prōstrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | prōsterne | — | — | prōsternite | — |
| future | — | prōsternitō | prōsternitō | — | prōsternitōte | prōsternuntō | |
| passive | present | — | prōsternere | — | — | prōsterniminī | — |
| future | — | prōsternitor | prōsternitor | — | — | prōsternuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prōsternere | prōstrāvisse | prōstrātūrum esse | prōsternī | prōstrātum esse | prōstrātum īrī | |
| participles | prōsternēns | — | prōstrātūrus | — | prōstrātus | prōsternendus, prōsternundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| prōsternendī | prōsternendō | prōsternendum | prōsternendō | prōstrātum | prōstrātū | ||
Descendants
- English: prostrate, prostern
- French: prostrer, prosterner
- Italian: prostrare, prosternare
- Portuguese: prostrar, prosternar
- Spanish: prostrar, postrar
References
- “prosterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prosterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prosterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
- to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
- to rout the enemy: prosternere, profligare hostem
- to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
- English-Cheyenne Dictionary, Roldolph Petter
Spanish
Verb
prosterno
- only used in me prosterno, first-person singular present indicative of prosternarse