praevaleo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- (“before”) +‎ valeō (“be able or powerful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈu̯a.le.oː/, [präe̯ˈu̯äɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈva.le.o/, [preˈväːleo]

Verb

praevaleō (present infinitive praevalēre, perfect active praevaluī, supine praevalitum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to be very able or more able; to be superior, prevail

   Synonyms: polleo, possum, queō, valeō, vigeō

   Antonym: nequeō

   magna est veritas et praevalebit ― Great is the truth and it shall prevail

2. (law) to be settled or established

Conjugation

Conjugation of praevaleō (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praevaleō	praevalēs	praevalet	praevalēmus	praevalētis	praevalent
	imperfect	praevalēbam	praevalēbās	praevalēbat	praevalēbāmus	praevalēbātis	praevalēbant
	future	praevalēbō	praevalēbis	praevalēbit	praevalēbimus	praevalēbitis	praevalēbunt
	perfect	praevaluī	praevaluistī	praevaluit	praevaluimus	praevaluistis	praevaluērunt, praevaluēre
	pluperfect	praevalueram	praevaluerās	praevaluerat	praevaluerāmus	praevaluerātis	praevaluerant
	future perfect	praevaluerō	praevalueris	praevaluerit	praevaluerimus	praevalueritis	praevaluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praevaleam	praevaleās	praevaleat	praevaleāmus	praevaleātis	praevaleant
	imperfect	praevalērem	praevalērēs	praevalēret	praevalērēmus	praevalērētis	praevalērent
	perfect	praevaluerim	praevaluerīs	praevaluerit	praevaluerīmus	praevaluerītis	praevaluerint
	pluperfect	praevaluissem	praevaluissēs	praevaluisset	praevaluissēmus	praevaluissētis	praevaluissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praevalē	—	—	praevalēte	—
	future	—	praevalētō	praevalētō	—	praevalētōte	praevalentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praevalēre	praevaluisse	praevalitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		praevalēns	—	praevalitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praevalendī	praevalendō	praevalendum	praevalendō	praevalitum	praevalitū

Derived terms

• praevalēns
• praevalentia
• praevalēscō
• praevalidus

Related terms

• aequivaleō
• pervaleō
• praevalidē
• supervaleō
• valeō

Descendants

• Dutch: prevaleren
• English: prevail
• French: prévaloir
• Italian: prevalere
• Romanian: prevala
• Sicilian: privaliri, pruvaliri
• Spanish: prevaler

References

• “praevaleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praevaleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praevaleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “prevail”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.