praetimeo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ timeō (“fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈti.me.oː/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɪmeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈti.me.o/, [preˈt̪iːmeo]

Verb

praetimeō (present infinitive praetimēre, perfect active praetimuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to fear beforehand, worry
   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 16.2.7:

     Nihil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere: quae ista dementia est malum suum antecedere?

     And there is nothing more wretched or foolish than premature fear: what madness is it to anticipate one’s troubles?

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praetimeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praetimeō		praetimēs		praetimet		praetimēmus		praetimētis		praetiment
	imperfect	praetimēbam		praetimēbās		praetimēbat		praetimēbāmus		praetimēbātis		praetimēbant
	future	praetimēbō		praetimēbis		praetimēbit		praetimēbimus		praetimēbitis		praetimēbunt
	perfect	praetimuī		praetimuistī		praetimuit		praetimuimus		praetimuistis		praetimuērunt, praetimuēre
	pluperfect	praetimueram		praetimuerās		praetimuerat		praetimuerāmus		praetimuerātis		praetimuerant
	future perfect	praetimuerō		praetimueris		praetimuerit		praetimuerimus		praetimueritis		praetimuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praetimeam		praetimeās		praetimeat		praetimeāmus		praetimeātis		praetimeant
	imperfect	praetimērem		praetimērēs		praetimēret		praetimērēmus		praetimērētis		praetimērent
	perfect	praetimuerim		praetimuerīs		praetimuerit		praetimuerīmus		praetimuerītis		praetimuerint
	pluperfect	praetimuissem		praetimuissēs		praetimuisset		praetimuissēmus		praetimuissētis		praetimuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praetimē		—		—		praetimēte		—
	future	—		praetimētō		praetimētō		—		praetimētōte		praetimentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praetimēre			—			praetimēns			—
perfect		praetimuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praetimendī		praetimendō		praetimendum		praetimendō		—		—

Related terms

• pertimeō
• subtimeō
• timeō

References

• “praetimeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praetimeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.