LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

praesūmō

praesūmō (present infinitive praesūmere, perfect active praesūmpsī, supine praesūmptum)
Classical[prae̯ˈsuː.moː]Ecclesiastical[preˈs̬uː.mo]

Meaning

  1. to take before or first
  2. to anticipate
  3. to presuppose, take for granted, assume
  4. to undertake, venture, dare

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.praesūmōpraesūmēbampraesūmampraesūmpsīpraesūmpserampraesūmpserō
2nd sg.praesūmispraesūmēbāspraesūmēspraesūmpsistīpraesūmpserāspraesūmpseris
3rd sg.praesūmitpraesūmēbatpraesūmetpraesūmpsitpraesūmpseratpraesūmpserit
1st pl.praesūmimuspraesūmēbāmuspraesūmēmuspraesūmpsimuspraesūmpserāmuspraesūmpserimus
2nd pl.praesūmitispraesūmēbātispraesūmētispraesūmpsistispraesūmpserātispraesūmpseritis
3rd pl.praesūmuntpraesūmēbantpraesūmentpraesūmpsērunt
praesūmpsēre		praesūmpserantpraesūmpserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.praesūmampraesūmerempraesūmpserimpraesūmpsissem
2nd sg.praesūmāspraesūmerēspraesūmpserīspraesūmpsissēs
3rd sg.praesūmatpraesūmeretpraesūmpseritpraesūmpsisset
1st pl.praesūmāmuspraesūmerēmuspraesūmpserīmuspraesūmpsissēmus
2nd pl.praesūmātispraesūmerētispraesūmpserītispraesūmpsissētis
3rd pl.praesūmantpraesūmerentpraesūmpserintpraesūmpsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.praesūmorpraesūmēbarpraesūmar
2nd sg.praesūmeris
praesūmere		praesūmēbāris
praesūmēbāre		praesūmēris
praesūmēre
3rd sg.praesūmiturpraesūmēbāturpraesūmētur
1st pl.praesūmimurpraesūmēbāmurpraesūmēmur
2nd pl.praesūmiminīpraesūmēbāminīpraesūmēminī
3rd pl.praesūmunturpraesūmēbanturpraesūmentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.praesūmarpraesūmerer
2nd sg.praesūmāris
praesūmāre		praesūmerēris
praesūmerēre
3rd sg.praesūmāturpraesūmerētur
1st pl.praesūmāmurpraesūmerēmur
2nd pl.praesūmāminīpraesūmerēminī
3rd pl.praesūmanturpraesūmerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.praesūmepraesūmere
pres. 2nd pl.praesūmitepraesūmiminī
fut. 2nd sg.praesūmitōpraesūmitor
fut. 3rd sg.praesūmitōpraesūmitor
fut. 2nd pl.praesūmitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.praesūmuntōpraesūmuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepraesūmerepraesūmī
perfect infinitivepraesūmpsissepraesūmptum esse
future infinitivepraesūmptūrum essepraesūmptum īrī
present participlepraesūmēns—
perfect participle—praesūmptus
praesūmpta, praesūmptā, praesūmptae, praesūmptam, praesūmptārum, praesūmptās, praesūmpte, praesūmptī, praesūmptīs, praesūmptō, praesūmptōrum, praesūmptōs
future participlepraesūmptūrus
praesūmptūra, praesūmptūrā, praesūmptūrae, praesūmptūram, praesūmptūrārum, praesūmptūrās, praesūmptūre, praesūmptūrī, praesūmptūrīs, praesūmptūrō, praesūmptūrōrum, praesūmptūrōs, praesūmptūrum		praesūmendus
praesūmundus, praesūmenda, praesūmendā, praesūmendae, praesūmendam, praesūmendārum, praesūmendās, praesūmende, praesūmendīs, praesūmendōrum, praesūmendōs
gerundpraesūmendī, praesūmendō, praesūmendumsupinepraesūmptum, praesūmptū

praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a.,
I. to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).
I. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): neve domi praesume dapes, Ov. A. A. 3, 757: allium, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50: praesumere cibis frigidam, id. 28, 4, 14, § 55: remedia, Tac. A. 14, 3: heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160: praesumptum diadema, assumed before the legal age, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166: suam cenam praesumit, takes his own supper first, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—
II. Trop.
A. To take in advance: praesumere male audiendi patientiam, to provide one's self with beforehand, Quint. 12, 9, 9: inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas, who takes to himself, who encroaches upon, id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19: differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda, id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment, where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty, id. 2, 4, 7.—
B. To perform beforehand, to anticipate: heredum officia praesumere, Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand, id. ib. 3, 1, 11: gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo, id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—
C. To spend or employ beforehand: sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt, Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224: Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat, enjoyed beforehand, Tac. H. 1, 62.—
D. To imagine, represent, or picture to one's self beforehand: arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum, Verg. A. 11, 18: futura, Sen. Ep. 107, 3: semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā, Vulg. Sap. 17, 10; hence, praesumptum habere, to presuppose, take for granted, Tac. A. 14, 64: utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse), App. M. 7, 27, p. 200, 8.—
E. To foresee, to infer beforehand, anticipate: fortunam alicujus, Tac. A. 12, 41: eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant, Just. 6, 2.—
F. To presume, take for granted, suppose, believe, assume: ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat, Dig. 12, 6, 3: vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc., ib. 12, 3, 7.—
G. To undertake, venture, dare (post-class.): tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita, Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—
H. To trust, be confident (late Lat.): quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se ... humilias, Vulg. Judith, 6, 15: de tuā misericordiā, id. ib. 9, 17.—Hence, praesumptus (praesumtus), a, um, P. a., taken for granted, assumed, presumed, preconceived (post-Aug.): praesumpta desperatio, Quint. 1 prooem.: opinio, preconceived opinion, prejudice, id. 2, 17: spes, Sil. 7, 582: suspicio, Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr.: praesumptum est, it is supposed, imagined, presumed: praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse, Dig. 21, 1, 31: quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc., let them take for granted, understand without special remark, Tac. 14, 64.—Comp.: praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē, confidently, boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinpraesūmō

Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin praesūmō From prae- (“to take; to undertake”) + sūmō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpresumir
  • Englishpresume
  • Frenchprésumer
  • Italianpresumere
  • Portuguesepresumir
  • Spanishpresumir
  • Galicianpresumir

In English words that came into English from praesūmō

  • presumepraesūmere
  • presumptuouspraesūmptuōsus

Quick answers

What does praesūmō mean in Latin?
praesūmō, a verb, means “to take before or first; to anticipate; to presuppose, take for granted, assume”.
What are the principal parts of praesūmō?
praesūmō, praesūmere, praesūmpsī, praesūmptum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce praesūmō?
In classical Latin, [prae̯ˈsuː.moː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [preˈs̬uː.mo].
Where does praesūmō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? → Proto-Italic *prai → Proto-Italic *prai- → Latin praesūmō.