praeoccupo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ occupo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈok.ku.poː/, [präe̯ˈɔkːʊpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈok.ku.po/, [preˈɔkːupo]

Verb

praeoccupō (present infinitive praeoccupāre, perfect active praeoccupāvī, supine praeoccupātum); first conjugation

1. to seize or occupy beforehand: to preoccupy
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.26:

     Ne ab equitatu Romanorum viae praeoccuparentur

     Lest the ways should be preoccupied by the cavalry of the Romans

2. to anticipate or prevent

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praeoccupō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeoccupō		praeoccupās		praeoccupat		praeoccupāmus		praeoccupātis		praeoccupant
	imperfect	praeoccupābam		praeoccupābās		praeoccupābat		praeoccupābāmus		praeoccupābātis		praeoccupābant
	future	praeoccupābō		praeoccupābis		praeoccupābit		praeoccupābimus		praeoccupābitis		praeoccupābunt
	perfect	praeoccupāvī		praeoccupāvistī		praeoccupāvit		praeoccupāvimus		praeoccupāvistis		praeoccupāvērunt, praeoccupāvēre
	pluperfect	praeoccupāveram		praeoccupāverās		praeoccupāverat		praeoccupāverāmus		praeoccupāverātis		praeoccupāverant
	future perfect	praeoccupāverō		praeoccupāveris		praeoccupāverit		praeoccupāverimus		praeoccupāveritis		praeoccupāverint
passive	present	praeoccupor		praeoccupāris, praeoccupāre		praeoccupātur		praeoccupāmur		praeoccupāminī		praeoccupantur
	imperfect	praeoccupābar		praeoccupābāris, praeoccupābāre		praeoccupābātur		praeoccupābāmur		praeoccupābāminī		praeoccupābantur
	future	praeoccupābor		praeoccupāberis, praeoccupābere		praeoccupābitur		praeoccupābimur		praeoccupābiminī		praeoccupābuntur
	perfect	praeoccupātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praeoccupātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praeoccupātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeoccupem		praeoccupēs		praeoccupet		praeoccupēmus		praeoccupētis		praeoccupent
	imperfect	praeoccupārem		praeoccupārēs		praeoccupāret		praeoccupārēmus		praeoccupārētis		praeoccupārent
	perfect	praeoccupāverim		praeoccupāverīs		praeoccupāverit		praeoccupāverīmus		praeoccupāverītis		praeoccupāverint
	pluperfect	praeoccupāvissem		praeoccupāvissēs		praeoccupāvisset		praeoccupāvissēmus		praeoccupāvissētis		praeoccupāvissent
passive	present	praeoccuper		praeoccupēris, praeoccupēre		praeoccupētur		praeoccupēmur		praeoccupēminī		praeoccupentur
	imperfect	praeoccupārer		praeoccupārēris, praeoccupārēre		praeoccupārētur		praeoccupārēmur		praeoccupārēminī		praeoccupārentur
	perfect	praeoccupātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praeoccupātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praeoccupā		—		—		praeoccupāte		—
	future	—		praeoccupātō		praeoccupātō		—		praeoccupātōte		praeoccupantō
passive	present	—		praeoccupāre		—		—		praeoccupāminī		—
	future	—		praeoccupātor		praeoccupātor		—		—		praeoccupantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praeoccupāre			praeoccupārī			praeoccupāns			—
future		praeoccupātūrum esse			praeoccupātum īrī			praeoccupātūrus			praeoccupandus
perfect		praeoccupāvisse			praeoccupātum esse			—			praeoccupātus
future perfect		—			praeoccupātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		praeoccupātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praeoccupandī		praeoccupandō		praeoccupandum		praeoccupandō		praeoccupātum		praeoccupātū

Derived terms

• praeoccupātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: preocupar
• English: preoccupy, preoccupate
• French: préoccuper
• → German: präokkupieren
• Italian: preoccupare
• Portuguese: preocupar
• Romanian: preocupa
• Sicilian: priaccupari
• Spanish: preocupar

References

• “praeoccupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeoccupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeoccupo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to occupy a place beforehand: praeoccupare locum (Liv. 35. 27)