pretio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɛ.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɛt.t͡si.o]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

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Proto-Indo-European *próti

Proto-Italic *pretjom

Latin pretium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin pretiō

From pretium + -ō.

Verb

pretiō (present infinitive pretiāre, perfect active pretiāvī, supine pretiātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to esteem, prize, value (hold in high regard, consider valuable)
2. (Medieval Latin) to appraise, assess, value (estimate the worth of, set a price for)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pretiō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pretiō		pretiās		pretiat		pretiāmus		pretiātis		pretiant
	imperfect	pretiābam		pretiābās		pretiābat		pretiābāmus		pretiābātis		pretiābant
	future	pretiābō		pretiābis		pretiābit		pretiābimus		pretiābitis		pretiābunt
	perfect	pretiāvī		pretiāvistī		pretiāvit		pretiāvimus		pretiāvistis		pretiāvērunt, pretiāvēre
	pluperfect	pretiāveram		pretiāverās		pretiāverat		pretiāverāmus		pretiāverātis		pretiāverant
	future perfect	pretiāverō		pretiāveris		pretiāverit		pretiāverimus		pretiāveritis		pretiāverint
passive	present	pretior		pretiāris, pretiāre		pretiātur		pretiāmur		pretiāminī		pretiantur
	imperfect	pretiābar		pretiābāris, pretiābāre		pretiābātur		pretiābāmur		pretiābāminī		pretiābantur
	future	pretiābor		pretiāberis, pretiābere		pretiābitur		pretiābimur		pretiābiminī		pretiābuntur
	perfect	pretiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pretiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pretiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pretiem		pretiēs		pretiet		pretiēmus		pretiētis		pretient
	imperfect	pretiārem		pretiārēs		pretiāret		pretiārēmus		pretiārētis		pretiārent
	perfect	pretiāverim		pretiāverīs		pretiāverit		pretiāverīmus		pretiāverītis		pretiāverint
	pluperfect	pretiāvissem		pretiāvissēs		pretiāvisset		pretiāvissēmus		pretiāvissētis		pretiāvissent
passive	present	pretier		pretiēris, pretiēre		pretiētur		pretiēmur		pretiēminī		pretientur
	imperfect	pretiārer		pretiārēris, pretiārēre		pretiārētur		pretiārēmur		pretiārēminī		pretiārentur
	perfect	pretiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pretiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pretiā		—		—		pretiāte		—
	future	—		pretiātō		pretiātō		—		pretiātōte		pretiantō
passive	present	—		pretiāre		—		—		pretiāminī		—
	future	—		pretiātor		pretiātor		—		—		pretiantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pretiāre			pretiārī			pretiāns			—
future		pretiātūrum esse			pretiātum īrī			pretiātūrus			pretiandus
perfect		pretiāvisse			pretiātum esse			—			pretiātus
future perfect		—			pretiātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		pretiātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pretiandī		pretiandō		pretiandum		pretiandō		pretiātum		pretiātū

Derived terms

• pretiātor
• appretio

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: prezzare, pregiare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern:
    • Old French: prisier (see there for further descendants)
  • Southern:
    • Catalan: prear
    • Occitan: presar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: preçar, prezar
    • Galician: prezar
    • Portuguese: prezar
• Borrowings:
  • → Spanish: preciar

References

• “prĕtĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "PRETIARE", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
    
• “prĕtĭo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,236/1.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “pretiare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 844–5

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of pretium.

Noun

pretiō n

1. dative/ablative singular of pretium

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

prètio (Cyrillic spelling прѐтио)

1. obese

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pretio	pretila	pretilo
genitive		pretila	pretile	pretila
dative		pretilu	pretiloj	pretilu
accusative	inanimate animate	pretio pretila	pretilu	pretilo
vocative		pretio	pretila	pretilo
locative		pretilu	pretiloj	pretilu
instrumental		pretilim	pretilom	pretilim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pretili	pretile	pretila
genitive		pretilih	pretilih	pretilih
dative		pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)
accusative		pretile	pretile	pretila
vocative		pretili	pretile	pretila
locative		pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)
instrumental		pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pretili	pretila	pretilo
genitive		pretilog(a)	pretile	pretilog(a)
dative		pretilom(u/e)	pretiloj	pretilom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	pretili pretilog(a)	pretilu	pretilo
vocative		pretili	pretila	pretilo
locative		pretilom(e/u)	pretiloj	pretilom(e/u)
instrumental		pretilim	pretilom	pretilim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pretili	pretile	pretila
genitive		pretilih	pretilih	pretilih
dative		pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)
accusative		pretile	pretile	pretila
vocative		pretili	pretile	pretila
locative		pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)
instrumental		pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)	pretilim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pretiliji	pretilija	pretilije
genitive		pretilijeg(a)	pretilije	pretilijeg(a)
dative		pretilijem(u)	pretilijoj	pretilijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	pretiliji pretilijeg(a)	pretiliju	pretilije
vocative		pretiliji	pretilija	pretilije
locative		pretilijem(u)	pretilijoj	pretilijem(u)
instrumental		pretilijim	pretilijom	pretilijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pretiliji	pretilije	pretilija
genitive		pretilijih	pretilijih	pretilijih
dative		pretilijim(a)	pretilijim(a)	pretilijim(a)
accusative		pretilije	pretilije	pretilija
vocative		pretiliji	pretilije	pretilija
locative		pretilijim(a)	pretilijim(a)	pretilijim(a)
instrumental		pretilijim(a)	pretilijim(a)	pretilijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najpretiliji	najpretilija	najpretilije
genitive		najpretilijeg(a)	najpretilije	najpretilijeg(a)
dative		najpretilijem(u)	najpretilijoj	najpretilijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najpretiliji najpretilijeg(a)	najpretiliju	najpretilije
vocative		najpretiliji	najpretilija	najpretilije
locative		najpretilijem(u)	najpretilijoj	najpretilijem(u)
instrumental		najpretilijim	najpretilijom	najpretilijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najpretiliji	najpretilije	najpretilija
genitive		najpretilijih	najpretilijih	najpretilijih
dative		najpretilijim(a)	najpretilijim(a)	najpretilijim(a)
accusative		najpretilije	najpretilije	najpretilija
vocative		najpretiliji	najpretilije	najpretilija
locative		najpretilijim(a)	najpretilijim(a)	najpretilijim(a)
instrumental		najpretilijim(a)	najpretilijim(a)	najpretilijim(a)

Verb

pretio (Cyrillic spelling претио)

1. masculine singular active past participle of prétiti (“to threaten”)