praescio

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ sciō, possibly a calque from προνοέω (pronoéō, “to perceive before, foresee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯s.ki.oː/, [ˈpräe̯s̠kioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpreʃ.ʃi.o/, [ˈprɛʃːio]

Verb

praesciō (present infinitive praescīre, perfect active praescīvī, supine praescītum); fourth conjugation

1. to foreknow, know in advance

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praesciō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praesciō	praescīs	praescit	praescīmus	praescītis	praesciunt
	imperfect	praesciēbam	praesciēbās	praesciēbat	praesciēbāmus	praesciēbātis	praesciēbant
	future	praesciam	praesciēs	praesciet	praesciēmus	praesciētis	praescient
	perfect	praescīvī	praescīvistī	praescīvit	praescīvimus	praescīvistis	praescīvērunt, praescīvēre
	pluperfect	praescīveram	praescīverās	praescīverat	praescīverāmus	praescīverātis	praescīverant
	future perfect	praescīverō	praescīveris	praescīverit	praescīverimus	praescīveritis	praescīverint
passive	present	praescior	praescīris, praescīre	praescītur	praescīmur	praescīminī	praesciuntur
	imperfect	praesciēbar	praesciēbāris, praesciēbāre	praesciēbātur	praesciēbāmur	praesciēbāminī	praesciēbantur
	future	praesciar	praesciēris, praesciēre	praesciētur	praesciēmur	praesciēminī	praescientur
	perfect	praescītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praescītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praescītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praesciam	praesciās	praesciat	praesciāmus	praesciātis	praesciant
	imperfect	praescīrem	praescīrēs	praescīret	praescīrēmus	praescīrētis	praescīrent
	perfect	praescīverim	praescīverīs	praescīverit	praescīverīmus	praescīverītis	praescīverint
	pluperfect	praescīvissem	praescīvissēs	praescīvisset	praescīvissēmus	praescīvissētis	praescīvissent
passive	present	praesciar	praesciāris, praesciāre	praesciātur	praesciāmur	praesciāminī	praesciantur
	imperfect	praescīrer	praescīrēris, praescīrēre	praescīrētur	praescīrēmur	praescīrēminī	praescīrentur
	perfect	praescītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praescītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praescī	—	—	praescīte	—
	future	—	praescītō	praescītō	—	praescītōte	praesciuntō
passive	present	—	praescīre	—	—	praescīminī	—
	future	—	praescītor	praescītor	—	—	praesciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praescīre	praescīvisse	praescītūrum esse	praescīrī	praescītum esse	praescītum īrī
participles		praesciēns	—	praescītūrus	—	praescītus	praesciendus, praesciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praesciendī	praesciendō	praesciendum	praesciendō	praescītum	praescītū

Derived terms

• praesciens
  • praescientia

References

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