praestolor

Latin

Alternative forms

• praestōlō (archaic, Late Latin)
• praestulor (proscribed)

Etymology

From the adverb praestō with the unusual infix -lā-. Compare ambulō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈstoː.lor/, [präe̯ˈs̠t̪oːɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈsto.lor/, [preˈst̪ɔːlor]

Verb

praestōlor (present infinitive praestōlārī or praestōlārier, perfect active praestōlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to await, wait for
   • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 5 13.period1:

     Ē plēbe homō nocte mediā iūxtā cubiculum eius cum pūgiōne dēprehensus est; repertī et equestris ōrdinis duo in pūblicō cum dolōne ac vēnātōriō cultrō praestōlantēs, alter ut ēgressum theātrō, alter ut sacrificantem apud Mārtis aedem adorerētur.

     A man from the plebeian class was caught in the middle of the night by his room with a dagger; there were also found two from the equestrian class with a sword-cane and hunting knife awaiting in public, one to assault him having exited the theater, the other sacrificing in the temple of Mars.

2. to expect

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praestōlor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praestōlor	praestōlāris, praestōlāre	praestōlātur	praestōlāmur	praestōlāminī	praestōlantur
	imperfect	praestōlābar	praestōlābāris, praestōlābāre	praestōlābātur	praestōlābāmur	praestōlābāminī	praestōlābantur
	future	praestōlābor	praestōlāberis, praestōlābere	praestōlābitur	praestōlābimur	praestōlābiminī	praestōlābuntur
	perfect	praestōlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praestōlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praestōlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praestōler	praestōlēris, praestōlēre	praestōlētur	praestōlēmur	praestōlēminī	praestōlentur
	imperfect	praestōlārer	praestōlārēris, praestōlārēre	praestōlārētur	praestōlārēmur	praestōlārēminī	praestōlārentur
	perfect	praestōlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praestōlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praestōlāre	—	—	praestōlāminī	—
	future	—	praestōlātor	praestōlātor	—	—	praestōlantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praestōlārī, praestōlārier1	praestōlātum esse	praestōlātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		praestōlāns	praestōlātus	praestōlātūrus	—	—	praestōlandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praestōlandī	praestōlandō	praestōlandum	praestōlandō	praestōlātum	praestōlātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

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