praesumo

Latin

Etymology

prae- +‎ sūmō (“I undertake”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈsuː.moː/, [präe̯ˈs̠uːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈsu.mo/, [preˈs̬uːmo]

Verb

praesūmō (present infinitive praesūmere, perfect active praesūmpsī, supine praesūmptum); third conjugation

1. to presume, in its separate senses:
   1. to take before or first
   2. to anticipate
   3. to presuppose
   4. to take for granted

Conjugation

Conjugation of praesūmō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praesūmō	praesūmis	praesūmit	praesūmimus	praesūmitis	praesūmunt
	imperfect	praesūmēbam	praesūmēbās	praesūmēbat	praesūmēbāmus	praesūmēbātis	praesūmēbant
	future	praesūmam	praesūmēs	praesūmet	praesūmēmus	praesūmētis	praesūment
	perfect	praesūmpsī	praesūmpsistī	praesūmpsit	praesūmpsimus	praesūmpsistis	praesūmpsērunt, praesūmpsēre
	pluperfect	praesūmpseram	praesūmpserās	praesūmpserat	praesūmpserāmus	praesūmpserātis	praesūmpserant
	future perfect	praesūmpserō	praesūmpseris	praesūmpserit	praesūmpserimus	praesūmpseritis	praesūmpserint
passive	present	praesūmor	praesūmeris, praesūmere	praesūmitur	praesūmimur	praesūmiminī	praesūmuntur
	imperfect	praesūmēbar	praesūmēbāris, praesūmēbāre	praesūmēbātur	praesūmēbāmur	praesūmēbāminī	praesūmēbantur
	future	praesūmar	praesūmēris, praesūmēre	praesūmētur	praesūmēmur	praesūmēminī	praesūmentur
	perfect	praesūmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praesūmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praesūmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praesūmam	praesūmās	praesūmat	praesūmāmus	praesūmātis	praesūmant
	imperfect	praesūmerem	praesūmerēs	praesūmeret	praesūmerēmus	praesūmerētis	praesūmerent
	perfect	praesūmpserim	praesūmpserīs	praesūmpserit	praesūmpserīmus	praesūmpserītis	praesūmpserint
	pluperfect	praesūmpsissem	praesūmpsissēs	praesūmpsisset	praesūmpsissēmus	praesūmpsissētis	praesūmpsissent
passive	present	praesūmar	praesūmāris, praesūmāre	praesūmātur	praesūmāmur	praesūmāminī	praesūmantur
	imperfect	praesūmerer	praesūmerēris, praesūmerēre	praesūmerētur	praesūmerēmur	praesūmerēminī	praesūmerentur
	perfect	praesūmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praesūmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praesūme	—	—	praesūmite	—
	future	—	praesūmitō	praesūmitō	—	praesūmitōte	praesūmuntō
passive	present	—	praesūmere	—	—	praesūmiminī	—
	future	—	praesūmitor	praesūmitor	—	—	praesūmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praesūmere	praesūmpsisse	praesūmptūrum esse	praesūmī	praesūmptum esse	praesūmptum īrī
participles		praesūmēns	—	praesūmptūrus	—	praesūmptus	praesūmendus, praesūmundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praesūmendī	praesūmendō	praesūmendum	praesūmendō	praesūmptum	praesūmptū

Descendants

• → Catalan: presumir
• → English: presume
• → French: présumer
• → Galician: presumir
• → Italian: presumere
• → Portuguese: presumir
• → Spanish: presumir

References

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