procreo

See also: procreó and procreò

Catalan

Verb

procreo

first-person singular present indicative of procrear

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /proˈkrɛ.o/
Rhymes: -ɛo
Hyphenation: pro‧crè‧o

Verb

procreo

first-person singular present indicative of procreare

Anagrams

procero

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin pro-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic [Term?]

Latin creo

Latin prōcreō

From pro- + creo.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.kre.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.kre.o]

Verb

prōcreō (present infinitive prōcreāre, perfect active prōcreāvī, supine prōcreātum); first conjugation

to beget, generate, procreate, produce
Synonyms: genō, gignō, suscipiō, prōdō, pario, creō, enitor, cōnītor, ēdō, efficiō

Antonyms: necō, interimō, caedō, obtruncō

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōcreō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	prōcreō	prōcreās		prōcreat	prōcreāmus	prōcreātis		prōcreant
	imperfect	prōcreābam	prōcreābās		prōcreābat	prōcreābāmus	prōcreābātis		prōcreābant
	future	prōcreābō	prōcreābis		prōcreābit	prōcreābimus	prōcreābitis		prōcreābunt
	perfect	prōcreāvī	prōcreāvistī, prōcreāstī¹		prōcreāvit, prōcreāt¹	prōcreāvimus, prōcreāmus¹	prōcreāvistis, prōcreāstis¹		prōcreāvērunt, prōcreārunt, prōcreāvēre¹
	pluperfect	prōcreāveram, prōcreāram¹	prōcreāverās, prōcreārās¹		prōcreāverat, prōcreārat¹	prōcreāverāmus, prōcreārāmus¹	prōcreāverātis, prōcreārātis¹		prōcreāverant, prōcreārant¹
	future perfect	prōcreāverō, prōcreārō¹	prōcreāveris, prōcreāris¹		prōcreāverit, prōcreārit¹	prōcreāverimus, prōcreārimus¹	prōcreāveritis, prōcreāritis¹		prōcreāverint, prōcreārint¹
passive	present	prōcreor	prōcreāris, prōcreāre		prōcreātur	prōcreāmur	prōcreāminī		prōcreantur
	imperfect	prōcreābar	prōcreābāris, prōcreābāre		prōcreābātur	prōcreābāmur	prōcreābāminī		prōcreābantur
	future	prōcreābor	prōcreāberis, prōcreābere		prōcreābitur	prōcreābimur	prōcreābiminī		prōcreābuntur
	perfect	prōcreātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōcreātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōcreātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	prōcreem	prōcreēs		prōcreet	prōcreēmus	prōcreētis		prōcreent
	imperfect	prōcreārem	prōcreārēs		prōcreāret	prōcreārēmus	prōcreārētis		prōcreārent
	perfect	prōcreāverim, prōcreārim¹	prōcreāverīs, prōcreārīs¹		prōcreāverit, prōcreārit¹	prōcreāverīmus, prōcreārīmus¹	prōcreāverītis, prōcreārītis¹		prōcreāverint, prōcreārint¹
	pluperfect	prōcreāvissem, prōcreāssem¹	prōcreāvissēs, prōcreāssēs¹		prōcreāvisset, prōcreāsset¹	prōcreāvissēmus, prōcreāssēmus¹	prōcreāvissētis, prōcreāssētis¹		prōcreāvissent, prōcreāssent¹
passive	present	prōcreer	prōcreēris, prōcreēre		prōcreētur	prōcreēmur	prōcreēminī		prōcreentur
	imperfect	prōcreārer	prōcreārēris, prōcreārēre		prōcreārētur	prōcreārēmur	prōcreārēminī		prōcreārentur
	perfect	prōcreātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōcreātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	prōcreā		—	—	prōcreāte		—
active	future	—	prōcreātō		prōcreātō	—	prōcreātōte		prōcreantō
passive	present	—	prōcreāre		—	—	prōcreāminī		—
passive	future	—	prōcreātor		prōcreātor	—	—		prōcreantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		prōcreāre		prōcreārī		prōcreāns		—
future		prōcreātūrum esse		prōcreātum īrī		prōcreātūrus		prōcreandus
perfect		prōcreāvisse, prōcreāsse¹		prōcreātum esse		—		prōcreātus
future perfect		—		prōcreātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		prōcreātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		prōcreandī	prōcreandō		prōcreandum	prōcreandō	prōcreātum		prōcreātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

Catalan: procrear
English: procreate
French: procréer
Galician: procrear
Italian: procreare
Portuguese: procriar
Spanish: procrear

References

“procreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“procreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“procreo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾoˈkɾeo/ [pɾoˈkɾe.o]
Rhymes: -eo
Syllabification: pro‧cre‧o

Verb

procreo

first-person singular present indicative of procrear