verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent
praemorior
praemorior (present infinitive praemorī, perfect active praemortuus sum)
Classical[prae̯ˈmɔ.ri.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[preˈmɔː.ri.or]
Meaning
- deponentintransitiveto die prematurely
aut ego praemoriar primoque exstinguar in aevo, aut ego Tantalidae Tantalis uxor ero
Either I shall die prematurely and be extinguished in my youth, or I, a Tantalid, shall become the wife of a Tantalid43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovidius, Heroides 8.121–122nostra tamen iacuere velut praemortua membra turpiter
1914 translation by Grant Showerman my body lay in disgrace as though already dead16 BCE, Ovidius, Amores 3.65–66
Conjugation deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praemorior | praemoriēbar | praemoriar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | praemoreris praemorere | praemoriēbāris praemoriēbāre | praemoriēris praemoriēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | praemoritur | praemoriēbātur | praemoriētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | praemorimur | praemoriēbāmur | praemoriēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | praemoriminī | praemoriēbāminī | praemoriēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | praemoriuntur | praemoriēbantur | praemorientur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praemoriar | praemorerer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | praemoriāris praemoriāre | praemorerēris praemorerēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | praemoriātur | praemorerētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | praemoriāmur | praemorerēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | praemoriāminī | praemorerēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | praemoriantur | praemorerentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | praemorere | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | praemoriminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | praemoritor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | praemoritor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | praemoriuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | praemorī | — |
| perfect infinitive | praemortuum esse | — |
| future infinitive | praemoritūrum esse | — |
| present participle | praemoriēns | — |
| perfect participle | praemortuus praemortua, praemortuā, praemortuae, praemortuam, praemortuārum, praemortuās, praemortue, praemortuī, praemortuīs, praemortuō, praemortuōrum, praemortuōs | — |
| future participle | praemoritūrus praemoritūra, praemoritūrā, praemoritūrae, praemoritūram, praemoritūrārum, praemoritūrās, praemoritūre, praemoritūrī, praemoritūrīs, praemoritūrō, praemoritūrōrum, praemoritūrōs, praemoritūrum | praemoriendus praemoriundus, praemorienda, praemoriendā, praemoriendae, praemoriendam, praemoriendārum, praemoriendās, praemoriende, praemoriendīs, praemoriendōrum, praemoriendōs |
gerundpraemoriendī, praemoriendō, praemoriendumsupinepraemortuum, praemortuū
prae-mŏrĭor, tuus, 3, v. dep.,
I. to die early or prematurely, to die (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.:
aut ego praemoriar, primoque exstinguar in aevo, Ov. H. 8, 121: parte corporis velut praemortua, Suet. Gram. 3.—II. Trop., to decay:
praemoritur visus, auditus, decays, fails, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168.—Hence, prae-mortŭus, a, um, P. a., dead. B. Trop.:
pudor praemortuus, Liv. 3, 72, 5: vires, Quint. Decl. 12, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prae-morior tuus, ī, dep.,
to die prematurely, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinpraemorior
Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mr̥yétor Proto-Italic *moriōr Latin morior Latin praemorior From prae- + morior.