praefigo

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈfiː.ɡoː/, [präe̯ˈfiːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈfi.ɡo/, [preˈfiːɡo]

Verb

praefīgō (present infinitive praefīgere, perfect active praefīxī, supine praefīxum); third conjugation

1. to fasten before, attach in front
2. to point with
3. to prefigure

Conjugation

• The fourth principal part may also be praefīctum.

   Conjugation of praefīgō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praefīgō		praefīgis		praefīgit		praefīgimus		praefīgitis		praefīgunt
	imperfect	praefīgēbam		praefīgēbās		praefīgēbat		praefīgēbāmus		praefīgēbātis		praefīgēbant
	future	praefīgam		praefīgēs		praefīget		praefīgēmus		praefīgētis		praefīgent
	perfect	praefīxī		praefīxistī		praefīxit		praefīximus		praefīxistis		praefīxērunt, praefīxēre
	pluperfect	praefīxeram		praefīxerās		praefīxerat		praefīxerāmus		praefīxerātis		praefīxerant
	future perfect	praefīxerō		praefīxeris		praefīxerit		praefīxerimus		praefīxeritis		praefīxerint
passive	present	praefīgor		praefīgeris, praefīgere		praefīgitur		praefīgimur		praefīgiminī		praefīguntur
	imperfect	praefīgēbar		praefīgēbāris, praefīgēbāre		praefīgēbātur		praefīgēbāmur		praefīgēbāminī		praefīgēbantur
	future	praefīgar		praefīgēris, praefīgēre		praefīgētur		praefīgēmur		praefīgēminī		praefīgentur
	perfect	praefīxus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praefīxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praefīxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praefīgam		praefīgās		praefīgat		praefīgāmus		praefīgātis		praefīgant
	imperfect	praefīgerem		praefīgerēs		praefīgeret		praefīgerēmus		praefīgerētis		praefīgerent
	perfect	praefīxerim		praefīxerīs		praefīxerit		praefīxerīmus		praefīxerītis		praefīxerint
	pluperfect	praefīxissem		praefīxissēs		praefīxisset		praefīxissēmus		praefīxissētis		praefīxissent
passive	present	praefīgar		praefīgāris, praefīgāre		praefīgātur		praefīgāmur		praefīgāminī		praefīgantur
	imperfect	praefīgerer		praefīgerēris, praefīgerēre		praefīgerētur		praefīgerēmur		praefīgerēminī		praefīgerentur
	perfect	praefīxus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praefīxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praefīge		—		—		praefīgite		—
	future	—		praefīgitō		praefīgitō		—		praefīgitōte		praefīguntō
passive	present	—		praefīgere		—		—		praefīgiminī		—
	future	—		praefīgitor		praefīgitor		—		—		praefīguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praefīgere			praefīgī			praefīgēns			—
future		praefīxūrum esse			praefīxum īrī			praefīxūrus			praefīgendus, praefīgundus
perfect		praefīxisse			praefīxum esse			—			praefīxus
future perfect		—			praefīxum fore			—			—
perfect potential		praefīxūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praefīgendī		praefīgendō		praefīgendum		praefīgendō		praefīxum		praefīxū

Derived terms

• praefixē
• praefixus

Related terms

• cōnfīgō
• dēfīgō
• fīgō

Descendants

• English: prefix
• Italian: prefiggere
• Spanish: prefijo

References

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