pertimeo

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ timeō (“fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈti.me.oː/, [pɛrˈt̪ɪmeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈti.me.o/, [perˈt̪iːmeo]

Verb

pertimeō (present infinitive pertimēre, perfect active pertimuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to fear greatly, to be very timid

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pertimeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pertimeō		pertimēs		pertimet		pertimēmus		pertimētis		pertiment
	imperfect	pertimēbam		pertimēbās		pertimēbat		pertimēbāmus		pertimēbātis		pertimēbant
	future	pertimēbō		pertimēbis		pertimēbit		pertimēbimus		pertimēbitis		pertimēbunt
	perfect	pertimuī		pertimuistī		pertimuit		pertimuimus		pertimuistis		pertimuērunt, pertimuēre
	pluperfect	pertimueram		pertimuerās		pertimuerat		pertimuerāmus		pertimuerātis		pertimuerant
	future perfect	pertimuerō		pertimueris		pertimuerit		pertimuerimus		pertimueritis		pertimuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pertimeam		pertimeās		pertimeat		pertimeāmus		pertimeātis		pertimeant
	imperfect	pertimērem		pertimērēs		pertimēret		pertimērēmus		pertimērētis		pertimērent
	perfect	pertimuerim		pertimuerīs		pertimuerit		pertimuerīmus		pertimuerītis		pertimuerint
	pluperfect	pertimuissem		pertimuissēs		pertimuisset		pertimuissēmus		pertimuissētis		pertimuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pertimē		—		—		pertimēte		—
	future	—		pertimētō		pertimētō		—		pertimētōte		pertimentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pertimēre			—			pertimēns			—
perfect		pertimuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pertimendī		pertimendō		pertimendum		pertimendō		—		—

Related terms

• praetimeō
• subtimeō
• timeō

See also

• pertimēscō

References

• “pertimeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pertimeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.