LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

persternō

persternō (present infinitive persternere, perfect active perstrāvī, supine perstrātum)
Classical[pɛrˈstɛr.noː]Ecclesiastical[perˈstɛr.no]

Meaning

  1. to level or stretch something out evenly
  2. to pave all over

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.persternōpersternēbampersternamperstrāvīperstrāveramperstrāverō
2nd sg.persternispersternēbāspersternēsperstrāvistīperstrāverāsperstrāveris
3rd sg.persternitpersternēbatpersternetperstrāvitperstrāveratperstrāverit
1st pl.persternimuspersternēbāmuspersternēmusperstrāvimusperstrāverāmusperstrāverimus
2nd pl.persternitispersternēbātispersternētisperstrāvistisperstrāverātisperstrāveritis
3rd pl.persternuntpersternēbantpersternentperstrāvērunt
perstrāvēre
perstrāverantperstrāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.persternampersterneremperstrāverimperstrāvissem
2nd sg.persternāspersternerēsperstrāverīsperstrāvissēs
3rd sg.persternatpersterneretperstrāveritperstrāvisset
1st pl.persternāmuspersternerēmusperstrāverīmusperstrāvissēmus
2nd pl.persternātispersternerētisperstrāverītisperstrāvissētis
3rd pl.persternantpersternerentperstrāverintperstrāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.persternorpersternēbarpersternar
2nd sg.persterneris
persternere
persternēbāris
persternēbāre
persternēris
persternēre
3rd sg.persterniturpersternēbāturpersternētur
1st pl.persternimurpersternēbāmurpersternēmur
2nd pl.persterniminīpersternēbāminīpersternēminī
3rd pl.persternunturpersternēbanturpersternentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.persternarpersternerer
2nd sg.persternāris
persternāre
persternerēris
persternerēre
3rd sg.persternāturpersternerētur
1st pl.persternāmurpersternerēmur
2nd pl.persternāminīpersternerēminī
3rd pl.persternanturpersternerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.persternepersternere
pres. 2nd pl.persternitepersterniminī
fut. 2nd sg.persternitōpersternitor
fut. 3rd sg.persternitōpersternitor
fut. 2nd pl.persternitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.persternuntōpersternuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepersternerepersternī
perfect infinitiveperstrāvisseperstrātum esse
future infinitiveperstrātūrum esseperstrātum īrī
present participlepersternēns—
perfect participle—perstrātus
future participleperstrātūruspersternendus
persternundus
gerundpersternendī, persternendō, persternendumsupineperstrātum, perstrātū

per-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a.,
I. to pave all over, to make quite even or level: viam, Liv 10, 47, 4; Vitr. 7, 1, 7.

Origins

From per- + sternō.

Quick answers

What does persternō mean in Latin?
persternō, a verb, means “to level or stretch something out evenly; to pave all over”.
What are the principal parts of persternō?
persternō, persternere, perstrāvī, perstrātum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce persternō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈstɛr.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈstɛr.no].