praecaveo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ caveō (“avoid, take care”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈka.u̯e.oː/, [präe̯ˈkäu̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈka.ve.o/, [preˈkäːveo]

Verb

praecaveō (present infinitive praecavēre, perfect active praecāvī, supine praecautum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to guard against (beforehand), seek to avert or prevent
2. (intransitive) to take care or heed, beware; to be on one's guard

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of praecaveō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecaveō	praecavēs	praecavet	praecavēmus	praecavētis	praecavent
	imperfect	praecavēbam	praecavēbās	praecavēbat	praecavēbāmus	praecavēbātis	praecavēbant
	future	praecavēbō	praecavēbis	praecavēbit	praecavēbimus	praecavēbitis	praecavēbunt
	perfect	praecāvī	praecāvistī	praecāvit	praecāvimus	praecāvistis	praecāvērunt, praecāvēre
	pluperfect	praecāveram	praecāverās	praecāverat	praecāverāmus	praecāverātis	praecāverant
	future perfect	praecāverō	praecāveris	praecāverit	praecāverimus	praecāveritis	praecāverint
passive	present	praecaveor	praecavēris, praecavēre	praecavētur	praecavēmur	praecavēminī	praecaventur
	imperfect	praecavēbar	praecavēbāris, praecavēbāre	praecavēbātur	praecavēbāmur	praecavēbāminī	praecavēbantur
	future	praecavēbor	praecavēberis, praecavēbere	praecavēbitur	praecavēbimur	praecavēbiminī	praecavēbuntur
	perfect	praecautus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praecautus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praecautus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecaveam	praecaveās	praecaveat	praecaveāmus	praecaveātis	praecaveant
	imperfect	praecavērem	praecavērēs	praecavēret	praecavērēmus	praecavērētis	praecavērent
	perfect	praecāverim	praecāverīs	praecāverit	praecāverīmus	praecāverītis	praecāverint
	pluperfect	praecāvissem	praecāvissēs	praecāvisset	praecāvissēmus	praecāvissētis	praecāvissent
passive	present	praecavear	praecaveāris, praecaveāre	praecaveātur	praecaveāmur	praecaveāminī	praecaveantur
	imperfect	praecavērer	praecavērēris, praecavērēre	praecavērētur	praecavērēmur	praecavērēminī	praecavērentur
	perfect	praecautus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praecautus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praecavē	—	—	praecavēte	—
	future	—	praecavētō	praecavētō	—	praecavētōte	praecaventō
passive	present	—	praecavēre	—	—	praecavēminī	—
	future	—	praecavētor	praecavētor	—	—	praecaventor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praecavēre	praecāvisse	praecautūrum esse	praecavērī	praecautum esse	praecautum īrī
participles		praecavēns	—	praecautūrus	—	praecautus	praecavendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praecavendī	praecavendō	praecavendum	praecavendō	praecautum	praecautū

Derived terms

• praecautiō
• praecautus

Related terms

• caveō

Descendants

• Galician: precaver
• Portuguese: precaver
• Spanish: precaver

References

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