praeoccupo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈok.ku.poː/, [präe̯ˈɔkːʊpoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈok.ku.po/, [preˈɔkːupo]
Verb
praeoccupō (present infinitive praeoccupāre, perfect active praeoccupāvī, supine praeoccupātum); first conjugation
- I seize or occupy beforehand: I preoccupy
- I anticipate or prevent
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: preocupar
- English: preoccupy, preoccupate
- French: préoccuper
- Italian: preoccupare
- Portuguese: preocupar
- Romanian: preocupa
- Spanish: preocupar
References
- “praeoccupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeoccupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeoccupo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to occupy a place beforehand: praeoccupare locum (Liv. 35. 27)
- to occupy a place beforehand: praeoccupare locum (Liv. 35. 27)