praeemineo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ ēmineō (“stand out”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex-) + *mineō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯.eːˈmi.ne.oː/, [präe̯eːˈmɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.eˈmi.ne.o/, [preːˈmiːneo]

Verb

praeēmineō (present infinitive praeēminēre, perfect active praeēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to project forward; to be prominent

   Synonyms: excellō, exstō, ēmineō, antecēdō, splendeō, ēniteō

2. (figuratively) to surpass, excel, (can be used with the dat and the acc)

   Synonyms: excellō, antecēdō, anteeō, trānseō

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeēmineō		praeēminēs		praeēminet		praeēminēmus		praeēminētis		praeēminent
	imperfect	praeēminēbam		praeēminēbās		praeēminēbat		praeēminēbāmus		praeēminēbātis		praeēminēbant
	future	praeēminēbō		praeēminēbis		praeēminēbit		praeēminēbimus		praeēminēbitis		praeēminēbunt
	perfect	praeēminuī		praeēminuistī		praeēminuit		praeēminuimus		praeēminuistis		praeēminuēre, praeēminuērunt
	pluperfect	praeēminueram		praeēminuerās		praeēminuerat		praeēminuerāmus		praeēminuerātis		praeēminuerant
	future perfect	praeēminuerō		praeēminueris		praeēminuerit		praeēminuerimus		praeēminueritis		praeēminuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeēmineam		praeēmineās		praeēmineat		praeēmineāmus		praeēmineātis		praeēmineant
	imperfect	praeēminērem		praeēminērēs		praeēminēret		praeēminērēmus		praeēminērētis		praeēminērent
	perfect	praeēminuerim		praeēminuerīs		praeēminuerit		praeēminuerīmus		praeēminuerītis		praeēminuerint
	pluperfect	praeēminuissem		praeēminuissēs		praeēminuisset		praeēminuissēmus		praeēminuissētis		praeēminuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praeēminē		—		—		praeēminēte		—
	future	—		praeēminētō		praeēminētō		—		praeēminētōte		praeēminentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praeēminēre			—			praeēminēns			—
perfect		praeēminuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praeēminendī		praeēminendō		praeēminendum		praeēminendō		—		—

Derived terms

• praeēminēns
• praeēminentia

Related terms

• ēmineō
• superēmineō

References

• “praeemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeemineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.