promoveo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ moveō (“move”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈmo.u̯e.oː/, [proːˈmou̯eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈmo.ve.o/, [proˈmɔːveo]

Verb

prōmoveō (present infinitive prōmovēre, perfect active prōmōvī, supine prōmōtum); second conjugation

to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance
to extend, enlarge, increase
(of a joint) to put out, dislocate, displace
(figuratively) to bring to pass, effect, accomplish, progress
(figuratively) to enlarge, increase, promote, advance
(figuratively) to bring to light, reveal
(figuratively) to put off, defer, postpone

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōmoveō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmoveō	prōmovēs	prōmovet	prōmovēmus	prōmovētis	prōmovent
	imperfect	prōmovēbam	prōmovēbās	prōmovēbat	prōmovēbāmus	prōmovēbātis	prōmovēbant
	future	prōmovēbō	prōmovēbis	prōmovēbit	prōmovēbimus	prōmovēbitis	prōmovēbunt
	perfect	prōmōvī	prōmōvistī	prōmōvit	prōmōvimus	prōmōvistis	prōmōvērunt, prōmōvēre
	pluperfect	prōmōveram	prōmōverās	prōmōverat	prōmōverāmus	prōmōverātis	prōmōverant
	future perfect	prōmōverō	prōmōveris	prōmōverit	prōmōverimus	prōmōveritis	prōmōverint
passive	present	prōmoveor	prōmovēris, prōmovēre	prōmovētur	prōmovēmur	prōmovēminī	prōmoventur
	imperfect	prōmovēbar	prōmovēbāris, prōmovēbāre	prōmovēbātur	prōmovēbāmur	prōmovēbāminī	prōmovēbantur
	future	prōmovēbor	prōmovēberis, prōmovēbere	prōmovēbitur	prōmovēbimur	prōmovēbiminī	prōmovēbuntur
	perfect	prōmōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōmōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōmōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmoveam	prōmoveās	prōmoveat	prōmoveāmus	prōmoveātis	prōmoveant
imperfect	prōmovērem	prōmovērēs	prōmovēret	prōmovērēmus	prōmovērētis	prōmovērent
perfect	prōmōverim	prōmōverīs	prōmōverit	prōmōverīmus	prōmōverītis	prōmōverint
pluperfect	prōmōvissem	prōmōvissēs	prōmōvisset	prōmōvissēmus	prōmōvissētis	prōmōvissent
passive	present	prōmovear	prōmoveāris, prōmoveāre	prōmoveātur	prōmoveāmur	prōmoveāminī	prōmoveantur
imperfect	prōmovērer	prōmovērēris, prōmovērēre	prōmovērētur	prōmovērēmur	prōmovērēminī	prōmovērentur
perfect	prōmōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	prōmōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōmovē	—	—	prōmovēte	—
active	future	—	prōmovētō	prōmovētō	—	prōmovētōte	prōmoventō
passive	present	—	prōmovēre	—	—	prōmovēminī	—
passive	future	—	prōmovētor	prōmovētor	—	—	prōmoventor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōmovēre	prōmōvisse	prōmōtūrum esse	prōmovērī	prōmōtum esse	prōmōtum īrī
participles		prōmovēns	—	prōmōtūrus	—	prōmōtus	prōmovendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōmovendī	prōmovendō	prōmovendum	prōmovendō	prōmōtum	prōmōtū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: promoure
Corsican: prumova, prumove
English: promote
French: promouvoir
Friulian: promovi
Galician: promover
German: promovieren
Italian: promuovere
Occitan: promòure
Piedmontese: promeuve, promòve
Portuguese: promover
Romanian: promova
Sicilian: prumòviri
Spanish: promover

References

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