praemordeo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ mordeō (“bite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈmor.de.oː/, [präe̯ˈmɔrd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈmor.de.o/, [preˈmɔrd̪eo]

Verb

praemordeō (present infinitive praemordēre, perfect active praemorsī, supine praemorsum); second conjugation

1. to bite in front or at the end of something

Conjugation

• The third principal part, praemorsī, also appears as praemordī or praemomordī.

Conjugation of praemordeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praemordeō	praemordēs	praemordet	praemordēmus	praemordētis	praemordent
	imperfect	praemordēbam	praemordēbās	praemordēbat	praemordēbāmus	praemordēbātis	praemordēbant
	future	praemordēbō	praemordēbis	praemordēbit	praemordēbimus	praemordēbitis	praemordēbunt
	perfect	praemorsī	praemorsistī	praemorsit	praemorsimus	praemorsistis	praemorsērunt, praemorsēre
	pluperfect	praemorseram	praemorserās	praemorserat	praemorserāmus	praemorserātis	praemorserant
	future perfect	praemorserō	praemorseris	praemorserit	praemorserimus	praemorseritis	praemorserint
passive	present	praemordeor	praemordēris, praemordēre	praemordētur	praemordēmur	praemordēminī	praemordentur
	imperfect	praemordēbar	praemordēbāris, praemordēbāre	praemordēbātur	praemordēbāmur	praemordēbāminī	praemordēbantur
	future	praemordēbor	praemordēberis, praemordēbere	praemordēbitur	praemordēbimur	praemordēbiminī	praemordēbuntur
	perfect	praemorsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praemorsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praemorsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praemordeam	praemordeās	praemordeat	praemordeāmus	praemordeātis	praemordeant
	imperfect	praemordērem	praemordērēs	praemordēret	praemordērēmus	praemordērētis	praemordērent
	perfect	praemorserim	praemorserīs	praemorserit	praemorserīmus	praemorserītis	praemorserint
	pluperfect	praemorsissem	praemorsissēs	praemorsisset	praemorsissēmus	praemorsissētis	praemorsissent
passive	present	praemordear	praemordeāris, praemordeāre	praemordeātur	praemordeāmur	praemordeāminī	praemordeantur
	imperfect	praemordērer	praemordērēris, praemordērēre	praemordērētur	praemordērēmur	praemordērēminī	praemordērentur
	perfect	praemorsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praemorsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praemordē	—	—	praemordēte	—
	future	—	praemordētō	praemordētō	—	praemordētōte	praemordentō
passive	present	—	praemordēre	—	—	praemordēminī	—
	future	—	praemordētor	praemordētor	—	—	praemordentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praemordēre	praemorsisse	praemorsūrum esse	praemordērī	praemorsum esse	praemorsum īrī
participles		praemordēns	—	praemorsūrus	—	praemorsus	praemordendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praemordendī	praemordendō	praemordendum	praemordendō	praemorsum	praemorsū

Derived terms

• praemordicus
• praemorsus

Related terms

• admordeō / ammordeō
• commordeō
• dēmordeō
• immordeō
• mordeō
• obmordeō
• remordeō

References

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