removeo

removeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wremoweō. Equivalent to re- +‎ moveō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈmo.u̯e.oː/, [rɛˈmou̯eoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈmo.ve.o/, [reˈmɔːveo]

Verb

removeō (present infinitive removēre, perfect active remōvī, supine remōtum); second conjugation

1. I remove, take away

   Synonyms: dēmō, rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, dēmoveō, adimō, dīripiō, ēripiō, tollō, āvertō, eximō, legō, abdō, extorqueō

Conjugation

Conjugation of removeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	removeō	removēs	removet	removēmus	removētis	removent
	imperfect	removēbam	removēbās	removēbat	removēbāmus	removēbātis	removēbant
	future	removēbō	removēbis	removēbit	removēbimus	removēbitis	removēbunt
	perfect	remōvī	remōvistī	remōvit	remōvimus	remōvistis	remōvērunt, remōvēre
	pluperfect	remōveram	remōverās	remōverat	remōverāmus	remōverātis	remōverant
	future perfect	remōverō	remōveris	remōverit	remōverimus	remōveritis	remōverint
passive	present	removeor	removēris, removēre	removētur	removēmur	removēminī	removentur
	imperfect	removēbar	removēbāris, removēbāre	removēbātur	removēbāmur	removēbāminī	removēbantur
	future	removēbor	removēberis, removēbere	removēbitur	removēbimur	removēbiminī	removēbuntur
	perfect	remōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	remōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	remōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	removeam	removeās	removeat	removeāmus	removeātis	removeant
	imperfect	removērem	removērēs	removēret	removērēmus	removērētis	removērent
	perfect	remōverim	remōverīs	remōverit	remōverīmus	remōverītis	remōverint
	pluperfect	remōvissem	remōvissēs	remōvisset	remōvissēmus	remōvissētis	remōvissent
passive	present	removear	removeāris, removeāre	removeātur	removeāmur	removeāminī	removeantur
	imperfect	removērer	removērēris, removērēre	removērētur	removērēmur	removērēminī	removērentur
	perfect	remōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	remōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	removē	—	—	removēte	—
	future	—	removētō	removētō	—	removētōte	removentō
passive	present	—	removēre	—	—	removēminī	—
	future	—	removētor	removētor	—	—	removentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		removēre	remōvisse	remōtūrum esse	removērī	remōtum esse	remōtum īrī
participles		removēns	—	remōtūrus	—	remōtus	removendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		removendī	removendō	removendum	removendō	remōtum	remōtū

Descendants

• Catalan: remoure
• Galician: remover
• Italian: rimuovere
• Norman: r'muer
• Old French: removoir
  • Anglo-Norman: remover, removeir
    • → Middle English: removen, remeven
      • English: remove
  • French: remouvoir
• Portuguese: remover
• Spanish: remover

References

• “removeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “removeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• removeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn one's gaze away from an object: oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re
    
  • to clear oneself of a suspicion: suspicionem a se removere, depellere, propulsare (Verr. 3. 60. 140)
    
  • to retire from public life: a negotiis publicis se removere