praevenio

Latin

Etymology

From prae- (“in front of”) +‎ veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [präe̯ˈu̯ɛnioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈve.ni.o/, [preˈvɛːnio]

Verb

praeveniō (present infinitive praevenīre, perfect active praevēnī, supine praeventum); fourth conjugation

1. to anticipate
2. to precede
3. (figurative) to interrupt, prevent

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praeveniō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeveniō		praevenīs		praevenit		praevenīmus		praevenītis		praeveniunt
	imperfect	praeveniēbam		praeveniēbās		praeveniēbat		praeveniēbāmus		praeveniēbātis		praeveniēbant
	future	praeveniam		praeveniēs		praeveniet		praeveniēmus		praeveniētis		praevenient
	perfect	praevēnī		praevēnistī		praevēnit		praevēnimus		praevēnistis		praevēnērunt, praevēnēre
	pluperfect	praevēneram		praevēnerās		praevēnerat		praevēnerāmus		praevēnerātis		praevēnerant
	future perfect	praevēnerō		praevēneris		praevēnerit		praevēnerimus		praevēneritis		praevēnerint
passive	present	praevenior		praevenīris, praevenīre		praevenītur		praevenīmur		praevenīminī		praeveniuntur
	imperfect	praeveniēbar		praeveniēbāris, praeveniēbāre		praeveniēbātur		praeveniēbāmur		praeveniēbāminī		praeveniēbantur
	future	praeveniar		praeveniēris, praeveniēre		praeveniētur		praeveniēmur		praeveniēminī		praevenientur
	perfect	praeventus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praeventus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praeventus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeveniam		praeveniās		praeveniat		praeveniāmus		praeveniātis		praeveniant
	imperfect	praevenīrem		praevenīrēs		praevenīret		praevenīrēmus		praevenīrētis		praevenīrent
	perfect	praevēnerim		praevēnerīs		praevēnerit		praevēnerīmus		praevēnerītis		praevēnerint
	pluperfect	praevēnissem		praevēnissēs		praevēnisset		praevēnissēmus		praevēnissētis		praevēnissent
passive	present	praeveniar		praeveniāris, praeveniāre		praeveniātur		praeveniāmur		praeveniāminī		praeveniantur
	imperfect	praevenīrer		praevenīrēris, praevenīrēre		praevenīrētur		praevenīrēmur		praevenīrēminī		praevenīrentur
	perfect	praeventus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praeventus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praevenī		—		—		praevenīte		—
	future	—		praevenītō		praevenītō		—		praevenītōte		praeveniuntō
passive	present	—		praevenīre		—		—		praevenīminī		—
	future	—		praevenītor		praevenītor		—		—		praeveniuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praevenīre			praevenīrī			praeveniēns			—
future		praeventūrum esse			praeventum īrī			praeventūrus			praeveniendus, praeveniundus
perfect		praevēnisse			praeventum esse			—			praeventus
future perfect		—			praeventum fore			—			—
perfect potential		praeventūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praeveniendī		praeveniendō		praeveniendum		praeveniendō		praeventum		praeventū

Derived terms

• praeventiō
• praeventor
• praeventus

Related terms

• adveniō
• antēveniō
• circumveniō
• contrāveniō
• conveniō
• dēveniō
• ēveniō
• intervenio
• inveniō
• obveniō
• perveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• superveniō
• transveniō
• veniō
• ventitō
• ventō

Descendants

• Catalan: prevenir
• English: prevent
• French: prévenir
• Galician: previr
• Italian: prevenire
• Portuguese: prevenir
• Romanian: preveni
• Spanish: prevenir

References

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