praeparo

Latin

Alternative forms

• preparo (Medieval and New Latin)

Etymology

prae +‎ parō (“prepare”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.pa.roː/, [ˈpräe̯päroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.pa.ro/, [ˈprɛːpäro]

Verb

praeparō (present infinitive praeparāre, perfect active praeparāvī, supine praeparātum); first conjugation

1. to get ready, prepare
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.24.27:

     Praeparā foris opus tuum, et dīligenter exercē agrum tuum: ut posteā aedificēs domum tuam. (imperative)

     • 1752 translation by Douay-Rheims, Challoner rev.

       Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.

Conjugation

Conjugation of praeparō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praeparō	praeparās	praeparat	praeparāmus	praeparātis	praeparant
	imperfect	praeparābam	praeparābās	praeparābat	praeparābāmus	praeparābātis	praeparābant
	future	praeparābō	praeparābis	praeparābit	praeparābimus	praeparābitis	praeparābunt
	perfect	praeparāvī	praeparāvistī	praeparāvit	praeparāvimus	praeparāvistis	praeparāvērunt, praeparāvēre
	pluperfect	praeparāveram	praeparāverās	praeparāverat	praeparāverāmus	praeparāverātis	praeparāverant
	future perfect	praeparāverō	praeparāveris	praeparāverit	praeparāverimus	praeparāveritis	praeparāverint
passive	present	praeparor	praeparāris, praeparāre	praeparātur	praeparāmur	praeparāminī	praeparantur
	imperfect	praeparābar	praeparābāris, praeparābāre	praeparābātur	praeparābāmur	praeparābāminī	praeparābantur
	future	praeparābor	praeparāberis, praeparābere	praeparābitur	praeparābimur	praeparābiminī	praeparābuntur
	perfect	praeparātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praeparātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praeparātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praeparem	praeparēs	praeparet	praeparēmus	praeparētis	praeparent
	imperfect	praeparārem	praeparārēs	praeparāret	praeparārēmus	praeparārētis	praeparārent
	perfect	praeparāverim	praeparāverīs	praeparāverit	praeparāverīmus	praeparāverītis	praeparāverint
	pluperfect	praeparāvissem	praeparāvissēs	praeparāvisset	praeparāvissēmus	praeparāvissētis	praeparāvissent
passive	present	praeparer	praeparēris, praeparēre	praeparētur	praeparēmur	praeparēminī	praeparentur
	imperfect	praeparārer	praeparārēris, praeparārēre	praeparārētur	praeparārēmur	praeparārēminī	praeparārentur
	perfect	praeparātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praeparātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praeparā	—	—	praeparāte	—
	future	—	praeparātō	praeparātō	—	praeparātōte	praeparantō
passive	present	—	praeparāre	—	—	praeparāminī	—
	future	—	praeparātor	praeparātor	—	—	praeparantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praeparāre	praeparāvisse	praeparātūrum esse	praeparārī	praeparātum esse	praeparātum īrī
participles		praeparāns	—	praeparātūrus	—	praeparātus	praeparandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praeparandī	praeparandō	praeparandum	praeparandō	praeparātum	praeparātū

Derived terms

• praeparātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: preparar
• Dutch: prepareren
• English: prepare
• French: préparer
• German: präparieren
• Istriot: parparà
• Italian: preparare
• Portuguese: preparar
• Romanian: prepara
• Sicilian: priparari
• Spanish: preparar

References

• “praeparo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeparo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeparo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to speak extempore: subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicere