propero

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Latin

Etymology

From properus +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

properō (present infinitive properāre, perfect active properāvī, supine properātum); first conjugation

  1. to hasten, quicken or accelerate
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.763–764:
      Nōn ego tē, quamvīs properābis vincere, Caesar,
      sī vetet auspicium, signa movēre velim.
      I would not want you – although you will hasten to conquer, Caesar – if the auspice forbids , to move military standards.
  2. to hurry, rush
    Synonyms: currō, ruō, trepidō, accurrō, festīnō, prōripiō, prōvolō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
    Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
    • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.127:
      longa via est, properā!
      The way is long, you hurry!
      (Writing from exile, Ovid addresses his book as if it is a living emissary that he is sending back to Rome.)
  3. to repair, return

Conjugation

   Conjugation of properō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present properō properās properat properāmus properātis properant
imperfect properābam properābās properābat properābāmus properābātis properābant
future properābō properābis properābit properābimus properābitis properābunt
perfect properāvī properāvistī,
properāstī1 		properāvit,
properāt1 		properāvimus,
properāmus1 		properāvistis,
properāstis1 		properāvērunt,
properārunt,
properāvēre1
pluperfect properāveram,
properāram1 		properāverās,
properārās1 		properāverat,
properārat1 		properāverāmus,
properārāmus1 		properāverātis,
properārātis1 		properāverant,
properārant1
future perfect properāverō,
properārō1 		properāveris,
properāris1 		properāverit,
properārit1 		properāverimus,
properārimus1 		properāveritis,
properāritis1 		properāverint,
properārint1
passive present properor properāris,
properāre 		properātur properāmur properāminī properantur
imperfect properābar properābāris,
properābāre 		properābātur properābāmur properābāminī properābantur
future properābor properāberis,
properābere 		properābitur properābimur properābiminī properābuntur
perfect properātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect properātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect properātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present properem properēs properet properēmus properētis properent
imperfect properārem properārēs properāret properārēmus properārētis properārent
perfect properāverim,
properārim1 		properāverīs,
properārīs1 		properāverit,
properārit1 		properāverīmus,
properārīmus1 		properāverītis,
properārītis1 		properāverint,
properārint1
pluperfect properāvissem,
properāssem1 		properāvissēs,
properāssēs1 		properāvisset,
properāsset1 		properāvissēmus,
properāssēmus1 		properāvissētis,
properāssētis1 		properāvissent,
properāssent1
passive present properer properēris,
properēre 		properētur properēmur properēminī properentur
imperfect properārer properārēris,
properārēre 		properārētur properārēmur properārēminī properārentur
perfect properātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect properātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — properā — — properāte —
future — properātō properātō — properātōte properantō
passive present — properāre — — properāminī —
future — properātor properātor — — properantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present properāre properārī properāns —
future properātūrum esse properātum īrī properātūrus properandus
perfect properāvisse,
properāsse1 		properātum esse — properātus
future perfect — properātum fore — —
perfect potential properātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
properandī properandō properandum properandō properātum properātū

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

Derived terms

References

  • “propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci
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