praescio

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Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ sciō, possibly a calque from προνοέω (pronoéō, to perceive before, foresee).

Pronunciation

Verb

praesciō (present infinitive praescīre, perfect active praescīvī, supine praescītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to foreknow, know in advance

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praesciō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praesciō praescīs praescit praescīmus praescītis praesciunt
imperfect praesciēbam praesciēbās praesciēbat praesciēbāmus praesciēbātis praesciēbant
future praesciam praesciēs praesciet praesciēmus praesciētis praescient
perfect praescīvī praescīvistī praescīvit praescīvimus praescīvistis praescīvērunt,
praescīvēre
pluperfect praescīveram praescīverās praescīverat praescīverāmus praescīverātis praescīverant
future perfect praescīverō praescīveris praescīverit praescīverimus praescīveritis praescīverint
passive present praescior praescīris,
praescīre
praescītur praescīmur praescīminī praesciuntur
imperfect praesciēbar praesciēbāris,
praesciēbāre
praesciēbātur praesciēbāmur praesciēbāminī praesciēbantur
future praesciar praesciēris,
praesciēre
praesciētur praesciēmur praesciēminī praescientur
perfect praescītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praescītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praescītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praesciam praesciās praesciat praesciāmus praesciātis praesciant
imperfect praescīrem praescīrēs praescīret praescīrēmus praescīrētis praescīrent
perfect praescīverim praescīverīs praescīverit praescīverīmus praescīverītis praescīverint
pluperfect praescīvissem praescīvissēs praescīvisset praescīvissēmus praescīvissētis praescīvissent
passive present praesciar praesciāris,
praesciāre
praesciātur praesciāmur praesciāminī praesciantur
imperfect praescīrer praescīrēris,
praescīrēre
praescīrētur praescīrēmur praescīrēminī praescīrentur
perfect praescītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praescītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praescī praescīte
future praescītō praescītō praescītōte praesciuntō
passive present praescīre praescīminī
future praescītor praescītor praesciuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praescīre praescīvisse praescītūrum esse praescīrī praescītum esse praescītum īrī
participles praesciēns praescītūrus praescītus praesciendus,
praesciundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praesciendī praesciendō praesciendum praesciendō praescītum praescītū

Derived terms

References

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