praefigo

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈfiː.ɡoː/, [präe̯ˈfiːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈfi.ɡo/, [preˈfiːɡo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praefīgere	praefīxisse	praefīxūrum esse	praefīgī	praefīxum esse	praefīxum īrī
participles		praefīgēns	—	praefīxūrus	—	praefīxus	praefīgendus, praefīgundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praefīgendī	praefīgendō	praefīgendum	praefīgendō	praefīxum	praefīxū

Derived terms

• praefixē
• praefixus

Related terms

• cōnfīgō
• dēfīgō
• fīgō

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.