promineo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ *mineō (“project, jut”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈmi.ne.oː/, [proːˈmɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈmi.ne.o/, [proˈmiːneo]

Verb

prōmineō (present infinitive prōminēre, perfect active prōminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to stand or jut out; to project, overhang; to be prominent
2. (figuratively) to bend or reach out (for), extend (to)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōmineō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmineō	prōminēs	prōminet	prōminēmus	prōminētis	prōminent
	imperfect	prōminēbam	prōminēbās	prōminēbat	prōminēbāmus	prōminēbātis	prōminēbant
	future	prōminēbō	prōminēbis	prōminēbit	prōminēbimus	prōminēbitis	prōminēbunt
	perfect	prōminuī	prōminuistī	prōminuit	prōminuimus	prōminuistis	prōminuērunt, prōminuēre
	pluperfect	prōminueram	prōminuerās	prōminuerat	prōminuerāmus	prōminuerātis	prōminuerant
	future perfect	prōminuerō	prōminueris	prōminuerit	prōminuerimus	prōminueritis	prōminuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmineam	prōmineās	prōmineat	prōmineāmus	prōmineātis	prōmineant
	imperfect	prōminērem	prōminērēs	prōminēret	prōminērēmus	prōminērētis	prōminērent
	perfect	prōminuerim	prōminuerīs	prōminuerit	prōminuerīmus	prōminuerītis	prōminuerint
	pluperfect	prōminuissem	prōminuissēs	prōminuisset	prōminuissēmus	prōminuissētis	prōminuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōminē	—	—	prōminēte	—
	future	—	prōminētō	prōminētō	—	prōminētōte	prōminentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōminēre	prōminuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		prōminēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōminendī	prōminendō	prōminendum	prōminendō	—	—

Derived terms

• prōminēns
• prōminenter
• prōminentia
• prōminulus

Related terms

• ēmineō
• immineō
• prōmunturium

References

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