praevenio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praevenīre	praevēnisse	praeventūrum esse	praevenīrī	praeventum esse	praeventum īrī
participles		praeveniēns	—	praeventūrus	—	praeventus	praeveniendus, praeveniundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praeveniendī	praeveniendō	praeveniendum	praeveniendō	praeventum	praeventū

Derived terms

• praeventiō
• praeventor
• praeventus

Related terms

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.