praemunio

Latin

Alternative forms

praemoeniō, præmœniō (Old Latin)

Etymology

From prae- (“before; in front”) +‎ mūniō (“to wall, defend with a wall, fortify, strengthen”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈmuː.ni.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈmuː.ni.o]

Verb

praemūniō (present infinitive praemūnīre, perfect active praemūnīvī, supine praemūnītum); fourth conjugation

to fortify in front; defend in advance
to safeguard, protect, secure
(figurative, rhetoric) to condition the minds of an audience before a speech (as an orator), to reinforce one's rhetorical fortifications, guard against counterargument, strengthen one's argument
(figurative, law) to prepare one's legal defense (as a lawyer), to anticipate objections and formulate strong rebuttals to argue that would bolster one's side of the case

Usage notes

In Medieval Latin, this word was confused with (and used with the meaning of) praemoneō (“forewarn”), as in the writ of praemunire facias.

Conjugation

Conjugation of praemūniō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	praemūniō	praemūnīs		praemūnit	praemūnīmus	praemūnītis		praemūniunt
	imperfect	praemūniēbam	praemūniēbās		praemūniēbat	praemūniēbāmus	praemūniēbātis		praemūniēbant
	future	praemūniam	praemūniēs		praemūniet	praemūniēmus	praemūniētis		praemūnient
	perfect	praemūnīvī	praemūnīvistī		praemūnīvit	praemūnīvimus	praemūnīvistis		praemūnīvērunt, praemūnīvēre
	pluperfect	praemūnīveram	praemūnīverās		praemūnīverat	praemūnīverāmus	praemūnīverātis		praemūnīverant
	future perfect	praemūnīverō	praemūnīveris		praemūnīverit	praemūnīverimus	praemūnīveritis		praemūnīverint
passive	present	praemūnior	praemūnīris, praemūnīre		praemūnītur	praemūnīmur	praemūnīminī		praemūniuntur
	imperfect	praemūniēbar	praemūniēbāris, praemūniēbāre		praemūniēbātur	praemūniēbāmur	praemūniēbāminī		praemūniēbantur
	future	praemūniar	praemūniēris, praemūniēre		praemūniētur	praemūniēmur	praemūniēminī		praemūnientur
	perfect	praemūnītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praemūnītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praemūnītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	praemūniam	praemūniās		praemūniat	praemūniāmus	praemūniātis		praemūniant
	imperfect	praemūnīrem	praemūnīrēs		praemūnīret	praemūnīrēmus	praemūnīrētis		praemūnīrent
	perfect	praemūnīverim	praemūnīverīs		praemūnīverit	praemūnīverīmus	praemūnīverītis		praemūnīverint
	pluperfect	praemūnīvissem	praemūnīvissēs		praemūnīvisset	praemūnīvissēmus	praemūnīvissētis		praemūnīvissent
passive	present	praemūniar	praemūniāris, praemūniāre		praemūniātur	praemūniāmur	praemūniāminī		praemūniantur
	imperfect	praemūnīrer	praemūnīrēris, praemūnīrēre		praemūnīrētur	praemūnīrēmur	praemūnīrēminī		praemūnīrentur
	perfect	praemūnītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praemūnītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	praemūnī		—	—	praemūnīte		—
active	future	—	praemūnītō		praemūnītō	—	praemūnītōte		praemūniuntō
passive	present	—	praemūnīre		—	—	praemūnīminī		—
passive	future	—	praemūnītor		praemūnītor	—	—		praemūniuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		praemūnīre		praemūnīrī		praemūniēns		—
future		praemūnītūrum esse		praemūnītum īrī		praemūnītūrus		praemūniendus, praemūniundus
perfect		praemūnīvisse		praemūnītum esse		—		praemūnītus
future perfect		—		praemūnītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		praemūnītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		praemūniendī	praemūniendō		praemūniendum	praemūniendō	praemūnītum		praemūnītū

Derived terms

praemūnitiō

Descendants

English: praemunire
French: prémunir
Italian: premunire