praefigo

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

praefīgō (present infinitive praefīgere, perfect active praefīxī, supine praefīxum); third conjugation

  1. to fasten before, attach in front
  2. to point with
  3. to prefigure

Conjugation

  • The fourth principal part may also be praefīctum.
   Conjugation of praefīgō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praefīgō praefīgis praefīgit praefīgimus praefīgitis praefīgunt
imperfect praefīgēbam praefīgēbās praefīgēbat praefīgēbāmus praefīgēbātis praefīgēbant
future praefīgam praefīgēs praefīget praefīgēmus praefīgētis praefīgent
perfect praefīxī praefīxistī praefīxit praefīximus praefīxistis praefīxērunt,
praefīxēre
pluperfect praefīxeram praefīxerās praefīxerat praefīxerāmus praefīxerātis praefīxerant
future perfect praefīxerō praefīxeris praefīxerit praefīxerimus praefīxeritis praefīxerint
passive present praefīgor praefīgeris,
praefīgere 		praefīgitur praefīgimur praefīgiminī praefīguntur
imperfect praefīgēbar praefīgēbāris,
praefīgēbāre 		praefīgēbātur praefīgēbāmur praefīgēbāminī praefīgēbantur
future praefīgar praefīgēris,
praefīgēre 		praefīgētur praefīgēmur praefīgēminī praefīgentur
perfect praefīxus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praefīxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praefīxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praefīgam praefīgās praefīgat praefīgāmus praefīgātis praefīgant
imperfect praefīgerem praefīgerēs praefīgeret praefīgerēmus praefīgerētis praefīgerent
perfect praefīxerim praefīxerīs praefīxerit praefīxerīmus praefīxerītis praefīxerint
pluperfect praefīxissem praefīxissēs praefīxisset praefīxissēmus praefīxissētis praefīxissent
passive present praefīgar praefīgāris,
praefīgāre 		praefīgātur praefīgāmur praefīgāminī praefīgantur
imperfect praefīgerer praefīgerēris,
praefīgerēre 		praefīgerētur praefīgerēmur praefīgerēminī praefīgerentur
perfect praefīxus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praefīxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praefīge — — praefīgite —
future — praefīgitō praefīgitō — praefīgitōte praefīguntō
passive present — praefīgere — — praefīgiminī —
future — praefīgitor praefīgitor — — praefīguntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present praefīgere praefīgī praefīgēns —
future praefīxūrum esse praefīxum īrī praefīxūrus praefīgendus,
praefīgundus
perfect praefīxisse praefīxum esse — praefīxus
future perfect — praefīxum fore — —
perfect potential praefīxūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praefīgendī praefīgendō praefīgendum praefīgendō praefīxum praefīxū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: prefix
  • Italian: prefiggere
  • Spanish: prefijo

References

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