promineo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈmɪ.ne.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈmiː.ne.o]

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 passive, no supine stem)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōminēre			—			prōminēns			—
perfect		prōminuisse			—			—			—
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.