promereo

Latin

Alternative forms

• (deponent form) prōmereor

Etymology

From prō- +‎ mereō (“earn, merit, deserve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈme.re.oː/, [proːˈmɛreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈme.re.o/, [proˈmɛːreo]

Verb

prōmereō (present infinitive prōmerēre, perfect active prōmeruī, supine prōmeritum); second conjugation

1. to be deserving of, deserve, merit, earn
2. (by extension) to acquire, earn, gain, get, win

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōmereō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōmereō		prōmerēs		prōmeret		prōmerēmus		prōmerētis		prōmerent
	imperfect	prōmerēbam		prōmerēbās		prōmerēbat		prōmerēbāmus		prōmerēbātis		prōmerēbant
	future	prōmerēbō		prōmerēbis		prōmerēbit		prōmerēbimus		prōmerēbitis		prōmerēbunt
	perfect	prōmeruī		prōmeruistī		prōmeruit		prōmeruimus		prōmeruistis		prōmeruērunt, prōmeruēre
	pluperfect	prōmerueram		prōmeruerās		prōmeruerat		prōmeruerāmus		prōmeruerātis		prōmeruerant
	future perfect	prōmeruerō		prōmerueris		prōmeruerit		prōmeruerimus		prōmerueritis		prōmeruerint
passive	present	prōmereor		prōmerēris, prōmerēre		prōmerētur		prōmerēmur		prōmerēminī		prōmerentur
	imperfect	prōmerēbar		prōmerēbāris, prōmerēbāre		prōmerēbātur		prōmerēbāmur		prōmerēbāminī		prōmerēbantur
	future	prōmerēbor		prōmerēberis, prōmerēbere		prōmerēbitur		prōmerēbimur		prōmerēbiminī		prōmerēbuntur
	perfect	prōmeritus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōmeritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōmeritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōmeream		prōmereās		prōmereat		prōmereāmus		prōmereātis		prōmereant
	imperfect	prōmerērem		prōmerērēs		prōmerēret		prōmerērēmus		prōmerērētis		prōmerērent
	perfect	prōmeruerim		prōmeruerīs		prōmeruerit		prōmeruerīmus		prōmeruerītis		prōmeruerint
	pluperfect	prōmeruissem		prōmeruissēs		prōmeruisset		prōmeruissēmus		prōmeruissētis		prōmeruissent
passive	present	prōmerear		prōmereāris, prōmereāre		prōmereātur		prōmereāmur		prōmereāminī		prōmereantur
	imperfect	prōmerērer		prōmerērēris, prōmerērēre		prōmerērētur		prōmerērēmur		prōmerērēminī		prōmerērentur
	perfect	prōmeritus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōmeritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōmerē		—		—		prōmerēte		—
	future	—		prōmerētō		prōmerētō		—		prōmerētōte		prōmerentō
passive	present	—		prōmerēre		—		—		prōmerēminī		—
	future	—		prōmerētor		prōmerētor		—		—		prōmerentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōmerēre			prōmerērī			prōmerēns			—
future		prōmeritūrum esse			prōmeritum īrī			prōmeritūrus			prōmerendus
perfect		prōmeruisse			prōmeritum esse			—			prōmeritus
future perfect		—			prōmeritum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōmeritūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōmerendī		prōmerendō		prōmerendum		prōmerendō		prōmeritum		prōmeritū

Derived terms

• prōmeritum

Related terms

• commereō
• dēmereō
• ēmereō
• mereō
• permereō

References

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