LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

permeō

permeō (present infinitive permeāre, perfect active permeāvī, supine permeātum)
Classical[ˈpɛr.me.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.me.o]

Meaning

  1. to pass through, traverse
  2. to penetrate, pervade

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.permeōpermeābampermeābōpermeāvīpermeāverampermeāverō
permeārō
2nd sg.permeāspermeābāspermeābispermeāvistī
permeāstī
permeāverās
permeārās
permeāveris
3rd sg.permeatpermeābatpermeābitpermeāvitpermeāverat
permeārat
permeāverit
permeārit
1st pl.permeāmuspermeābāmuspermeābimuspermeāvimuspermeāverāmuspermeāverimus
permeārimus
2nd pl.permeātispermeābātispermeābitispermeāvistis
permeāstis
permeāverātis
permeārātis
permeāveritis
permeāritis
3rd pl.permeantpermeābantpermeābuntpermeāvērunt
permeāvēre, permeārunt
permeāverant
permeārant
permeāverint
permeārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.permeempermeārempermeāverim
permeārim
permeāvissem
permeāssem
2nd sg.permeēspermeārēspermeāverīspermeāvissēs
permeāssēs
3rd sg.permeetpermeāretpermeāverit
permeārit
permeāvisset
permeāsset
1st pl.permeēmuspermeārēmuspermeāverīmus
permeārīmus
permeāvissēmus
permeāssēmus
2nd pl.permeētispermeārētispermeāverītis
permeārītis
permeāvissētis
permeāssētis
3rd pl.permeentpermeārentpermeāverint
permeārint
permeāvissent
permeāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.permeorpermeābarpermeābor
2nd sg.permeāris
permeāre
permeābāris
permeābāre
permeāberis
permeābere
3rd sg.permeāturpermeābāturpermeābitur
1st pl.permeāmurpermeābāmurpermeābimur
2nd pl.permeāminīpermeābāminīpermeābiminī
3rd pl.permeanturpermeābanturpermeābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.permeerpermeārer
2nd sg.permeēris
permeēre
permeārēris
permeārēre
3rd sg.permeēturpermeārētur
1st pl.permeēmurpermeārēmur
2nd pl.permeēminīpermeārēminī
3rd pl.permeenturpermeārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.permeāpermeāre
pres. 2nd pl.permeātepermeāminī
fut. 2nd sg.permeātōpermeātor
fut. 3rd sg.permeātōpermeātor
fut. 2nd pl.permeātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.permeantōpermeantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepermeārepermeārī
perfect infinitivepermeāvisse
permeāsse
permeātum esse
future infinitivepermeātūrum essepermeātum īrī
present participlepermeāns—
perfect participle—permeātus
permeāta, permeātā, permeātae, permeātam, permeātārum, permeātās, permeātī, permeātōrum, permeātōs
future participlepermeātūrus
permeātūra, permeātūrā, permeātūrae, permeātūram, permeātūrārum, permeātūrās, permeātūre, permeātūrī, permeātūrīs, permeātūrō, permeātūrōrum, permeātūrōs, permeātūrum
permeandus
permeanda, permeandā, permeandae, permeandam, permeandārum, permeandās, permeande, permeandīs, permeandōrum, permeandōs
gerundpermeandī, permeandō, permeandumsupinepermeātum, permeātū

per-mĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to go or pass through, to cross, traverse.
I. Lit.: Euphrates mediam Babylonem permeans, Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 90: Alpheus in eā insulā sub ima maria permeat, id. 31, 5, 30, § 55: in quos (barbaros) saxa et hastae longius permeabant, quam ut contrario sagittarum icto adaequarentur, traversed too much space, i. e. went too far in reaching them, etc., Tac. A. 15, 9: Ister permeat orbem, Luc. 2, 418: dum littera nostra Tot maria ac terras permeat, Ov. P. 4, 11, 16: permeato amne, Amm. 21, 13, 2.—Impers. pass.: iter, quo ab usque Pontico mari in Galliam permeatur, Aur. Vict. Caes. 13.—
B. Transf., to go forward, go on: naviter et sine ullis concessationibus, Col. 11, 1, 16.—
II. Trop., to penetrate, pervade: quod quaedam animalis intellegentia per omnia ea permeet et transeat, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *mey-o- Proto-Italic *mejo- Latin meō Latin permeō From per- + meō.

Descendants
  • Englishpermeate
  • Englishpermethrin
  • Italianpermeare
  • Spanishpermear

In English words that came into English from permeō

  • permeatepermeātus
  • permeablepermeābilis
  • permeancepermeare
  • permethrinpermeō

Quick answers

What does permeō mean in Latin?
permeō, a verb, means “to pass through, traverse; to penetrate, pervade”.
What are the principal parts of permeō?
permeō, permeāre, permeāvī, permeātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce permeō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɛr.me.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɛr.me.o].
Which English words come from permeō?
English words that go back to Latin permeō include permeance, permethrin, permeate and permeable.