praeludo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ lūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈluː.doː/, [präe̯ˈɫ̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈlu.do/, [preˈluːd̪o]

Verb

praelūdō (present infinitive praelūdere, perfect active praelūsī, supine praelūsum); third conjugation

1. to play beforehand (as practice)
2. to preface

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praelūdō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praelūdō	praelūdis	praelūdit	praelūdimus	praelūditis	praelūdunt
	imperfect	praelūdēbam	praelūdēbās	praelūdēbat	praelūdēbāmus	praelūdēbātis	praelūdēbant
	future	praelūdam	praelūdēs	praelūdet	praelūdēmus	praelūdētis	praelūdent
	perfect	praelūsī	praelūsistī	praelūsit	praelūsimus	praelūsistis	praelūsērunt, praelūsēre
	pluperfect	praelūseram	praelūserās	praelūserat	praelūserāmus	praelūserātis	praelūserant
	future perfect	praelūserō	praelūseris	praelūserit	praelūserimus	praelūseritis	praelūserint
passive	present	praelūdor	praelūderis, praelūdere	praelūditur	praelūdimur	praelūdiminī	praelūduntur
	imperfect	praelūdēbar	praelūdēbāris, praelūdēbāre	praelūdēbātur	praelūdēbāmur	praelūdēbāminī	praelūdēbantur
	future	praelūdar	praelūdēris, praelūdēre	praelūdētur	praelūdēmur	praelūdēminī	praelūdentur
	perfect	praelūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praelūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praelūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praelūdam	praelūdās	praelūdat	praelūdāmus	praelūdātis	praelūdant
imperfect	praelūderem	praelūderēs	praelūderet	praelūderēmus	praelūderētis	praelūderent
perfect	praelūserim	praelūserīs	praelūserit	praelūserīmus	praelūserītis	praelūserint
pluperfect	praelūsissem	praelūsissēs	praelūsisset	praelūsissēmus	praelūsissētis	praelūsissent
passive	present	praelūdar	praelūdāris, praelūdāre	praelūdātur	praelūdāmur	praelūdāminī	praelūdantur
imperfect	praelūderer	praelūderēris, praelūderēre	praelūderētur	praelūderēmur	praelūderēminī	praelūderentur
perfect	praelūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	praelūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praelūde	—	—	praelūdite	—
	future	—	praelūditō	praelūditō	—	praelūditōte	praelūduntō
passive	present	—	praelūdere	—	—	praelūdiminī	—
	future	—	praelūditor	praelūditor	—	—	praelūduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praelūdere	praelūsisse	praelūsūrum esse	praelūdī	praelūsum esse	praelūsum īrī
participles		praelūdēns	—	praelūsūrus	—	praelūsus	praelūdendus, praelūdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praelūdendī	praelūdendō	praelūdendum	praelūdendō	praelūsum	praelūsū

References

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