prosterno

See also: prosternò

Italian

Verb

prosterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of prosternare

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Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ sternō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːsˈter.noː/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɛrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /prosˈter.no/, [prosˈt̪ɛrno]

Verb

prōsternō (present infinitive prōsternere, perfect active prōstrāvī, supine prōstrātum); third conjugation

1. I strew in front of
2. I prostrate, knock down, throw to the ground

   Synonyms: sternō, fundō, prōflīgō

3. I overthrow or subvert

   Synonyms: subvertō, prōflīgō, impellō, pervertō, ēvertō, sternō, fundō, dēturbō, afflīgō, versō, vertō, dissipō

4. I lay low, make fallen

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōsternō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōsternō	prōsternis	prōsternit	prōsternimus	prōsternitis	prōsternunt
	imperfect	prōsternēbam	prōsternēbās	prōsternēbat	prōsternēbāmus	prōsternēbātis	prōsternēbant
	future	prōsternam	prōsternēs	prōsternet	prōsternēmus	prōsternētis	prōsternent
	perfect	prōstrāvī	prōstrāvistī	prōstrāvit	prōstrāvimus	prōstrāvistis	prōstrāvērunt, prōstrāvēre
	pluperfect	prōstrāveram	prōstrāverās	prōstrāverat	prōstrāverāmus	prōstrāverātis	prōstrāverant
	future perfect	prōstrāverō	prōstrāveris	prōstrāverit	prōstrāverimus	prōstrāveritis	prōstrāverint
passive	present	prōsternor	prōsterneris, prōsternere	prōsternitur	prōsternimur	prōsterniminī	prōsternuntur
	imperfect	prōsternēbar	prōsternēbāris, prōsternēbāre	prōsternēbātur	prōsternēbāmur	prōsternēbāminī	prōsternēbantur
	future	prōsternar	prōsternēris, prōsternēre	prōsternētur	prōsternēmur	prōsternēminī	prōsternentur
	perfect	prōstrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōstrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōstrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōsternam	prōsternās	prōsternat	prōsternāmus	prōsternātis	prōsternant
	imperfect	prōsternerem	prōsternerēs	prōsterneret	prōsternerēmus	prōsternerētis	prōsternerent
	perfect	prōstrāverim	prōstrāverīs	prōstrāverit	prōstrāverīmus	prōstrāverītis	prōstrāverint
	pluperfect	prōstrāvissem	prōstrāvissēs	prōstrāvisset	prōstrāvissēmus	prōstrāvissētis	prōstrāvissent
passive	present	prōsternar	prōsternāris, prōsternāre	prōsternātur	prōsternāmur	prōsternāminī	prōsternantur
	imperfect	prōsternerer	prōsternerēris, prōsternerēre	prōsternerētur	prōsternerēmur	prōsternerēminī	prōsternerentur
	perfect	prōstrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōstrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōsterne	—	—	prōsternite	—
	future	—	prōsternitō	prōsternitō	—	prōsternitōte	prōsternuntō
passive	present	—	prōsternere	—	—	prōsterniminī	—
	future	—	prōsternitor	prōsternitor	—	—	prōsternuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōsternere	prōstrāvisse	prōstrātūrum esse	prōsternī	prōstrātum esse	prōstrātum īrī
participles		prōsternēns	—	prōstrātūrus	—	prōstrātus	prōsternendus, prōsternundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōsternendī	prōsternendō	prōsternendum	prōsternendō	prōstrātum	prōstrātū

Descendants

• English: prostrate, prostern
• French: prostrer, prosterner
• Italian: prostrare, prosternare
• Portuguese: prostrar, prosternar
• Spanish: prostrar, postrar

References

• “prosterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prosterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prosterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
    
  • to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
    
  • to rout the enemy: prosternere, profligare hostem
    
• English-Cheyenne Dictionary, Roldolph Petter

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Spanish

Verb

prosterno

1. only used in me prosterno, first-person singular present indicative of prosternarse