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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōmerēre	prōmeruisse	prōmeritūrum esse	prōmerērī	prōmeritum esse	prōmeritum īrī
participles		prōmerēns	—	prōmeritūrus	—	prōmeritus	prōmerendus
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.