praesideo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈsɪ.de.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈs̬iː.de.o]

Verb

praesideō (present infinitive praesidēre, perfect active praesēdī, supine praesessum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to sit before or in front of
2. to sit beforehand
3. to guard, watch, protect, defend
4. to preside over, have the care or management of, direct, command, control, govern, superintend

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of praesideō (second conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praesideō		praesidēs		praesidet		praesidēmus		praesidētis		praesident
	imperfect	praesidēbam		praesidēbās		praesidēbat		praesidēbāmus		praesidēbātis		praesidēbant
	future	praesidēbō		praesidēbis		praesidēbit		praesidēbimus		praesidēbitis		praesidēbunt
	perfect	praesēdī		praesēdistī		praesēdit		praesēdimus		praesēdistis		praesēdērunt, praesēdēre
	pluperfect	praesēderam		praesēderās		praesēderat		praesēderāmus		praesēderātis		praesēderant
	future perfect	praesēderō		praesēderis		praesēderit		praesēderimus		praesēderitis		praesēderint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praesideam		praesideās		praesideat		praesideāmus		praesideātis		praesideant
	imperfect	praesidērem		praesidērēs		praesidēret		praesidērēmus		praesidērētis		praesidērent
	perfect	praesēderim		praesēderīs		praesēderit		praesēderīmus		praesēderītis		praesēderint
	pluperfect	praesēdissem		praesēdissēs		praesēdisset		praesēdissēmus		praesēdissētis		praesēdissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praesidē		—		—		praesidēte		—
	future	—		praesidētō		praesidētō		—		praesidētōte		praesidentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praesidēre			—			praesidēns			—
future		praesessūrum esse			—			praesessūrus			—
perfect		praesēdisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		praesessūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praesidendī		praesidendō		praesidendum		praesidendō		praesessum		praesessū

Derived terms

• praeses
• praesidēns

Related terms

• assideō
• circumsedeō
• dēsideō
• dissideō
• īnsideō
• obsideō
• persedeō
• possideō
• praesidium
• resideō
• sedeō
• supersedeō

Descendants

• Catalan: presidir
• Old French: presider
  • → English: preside
  • French: présider
  • Norman: présider
• Galician: presidir
• Italian: presedere, presiedere
• Portuguese: presidir
• Romanian: președea
• Spanish: presidir

References

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