praesideo

Latin

Etymology

    From prae- +‎ sedeō (“sit”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    praesideō (present infinitive praesidēre, perfect active praesēdī, supine praesessum); second conjugation, no passive

    1. to sit before or in front of
    2. to sit beforehand
    3. to guard, watch, protect, defend
    4. to preside over, have the care or management of, direct, command, control, govern, superintend

    Conjugation

    • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
       Conjugation of praesideō (second conjugation, no passive)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present praesideō praesidēs praesidet praesidēmus praesidētis praesident
    imperfect praesidēbam praesidēbās praesidēbat praesidēbāmus praesidēbātis praesidēbant
    future praesidēbō praesidēbis praesidēbit praesidēbimus praesidēbitis praesidēbunt
    perfect praesēdī praesēdistī praesēdit praesēdimus praesēdistis praesēdērunt,
    praesēdēre
    pluperfect praesēderam praesēderās praesēderat praesēderāmus praesēderātis praesēderant
    future perfect praesēderō praesēderis praesēderit praesēderimus praesēderitis praesēderint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present praesideam praesideās praesideat praesideāmus praesideātis praesideant
    imperfect praesidērem praesidērēs praesidēret praesidērēmus praesidērētis praesidērent
    perfect praesēderim praesēderīs praesēderit praesēderīmus praesēderītis praesēderint
    pluperfect praesēdissem praesēdissēs praesēdisset praesēdissēmus praesēdissētis praesēdissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — praesidē — — praesidēte —
    future — praesidētō praesidētō — praesidētōte praesidentō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present praesidēre — praesidēns —
    future praesessūrum esse — praesessūrus —
    perfect praesēdisse — — —
    perfect potential praesessūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    praesidendī praesidendō praesidendum praesidendō praesessum praesessū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

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