LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

prōcreō

prōcreō (present infinitive prōcreāre, perfect active prōcreāvī, supine prōcreātum)
Classical[ˈproː.kre.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.kre.o]

Meaning

  1. to beget, generate, procreate, produce

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōcreōprōcreābamprōcreābōprōcreāvīprōcreāveram
prōcreāram		prōcreāverō
prōcreārō
2nd sg.prōcreāsprōcreābāsprōcreābisprōcreāvistī
prōcreāstī		prōcreāverās
prōcreārās		prōcreāveris
prōcreāris
3rd sg.prōcreatprōcreābatprōcreābitprōcreāvit
prōcreāt		prōcreāverat
prōcreārat		prōcreāverit
prōcreārit
1st pl.prōcreāmusprōcreābāmusprōcreābimusprōcreāvimus
prōcreāmus		prōcreāverāmus
prōcreārāmus		prōcreāverimus
prōcreārimus
2nd pl.prōcreātisprōcreābātisprōcreābitisprōcreāvistis
prōcreāstis		prōcreāverātis
prōcreārātis		prōcreāveritis
prōcreāritis
3rd pl.prōcreantprōcreābantprōcreābuntprōcreāvērunt
prōcreārunt, prōcreāvēre		prōcreāverant
prōcreārant		prōcreāverint
prōcreārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōcreemprōcreāremprōcreāverim
prōcreārim		prōcreāvissem
prōcreāssem
2nd sg.prōcreēsprōcreārēsprōcreāverīs
prōcreārīs		prōcreāvissēs
prōcreāssēs
3rd sg.prōcreetprōcreāretprōcreāverit
prōcreārit		prōcreāvisset
prōcreāsset
1st pl.prōcreēmusprōcreārēmusprōcreāverīmus
prōcreārīmus		prōcreāvissēmus
prōcreāssēmus
2nd pl.prōcreētisprōcreārētisprōcreāverītis
prōcreārītis		prōcreāvissētis
prōcreāssētis
3rd pl.prōcreentprōcreārentprōcreāverint
prōcreārint		prōcreāvissent
prōcreāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōcreorprōcreābarprōcreābor
2nd sg.prōcreāris
prōcreāre		prōcreābāris
prōcreābāre		prōcreāberis
prōcreābere
3rd sg.prōcreāturprōcreābāturprōcreābitur
1st pl.prōcreāmurprōcreābāmurprōcreābimur
2nd pl.prōcreāminīprōcreābāminīprōcreābiminī
3rd pl.prōcreanturprōcreābanturprōcreābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōcreerprōcreārer
2nd sg.prōcreēris
prōcreēre		prōcreārēris
prōcreārēre
3rd sg.prōcreēturprōcreārētur
1st pl.prōcreēmurprōcreārēmur
2nd pl.prōcreēminīprōcreārēminī
3rd pl.prōcreenturprōcreārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōcreāprōcreāre
pres. 2nd pl.prōcreāteprōcreāminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōcreātōprōcreātor
fut. 3rd sg.prōcreātōprōcreātor
fut. 2nd pl.prōcreātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōcreantōprōcreantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōcreāreprōcreārī
perfect infinitiveprōcreāvisse
prōcreāsse		prōcreātum esse
future infinitiveprōcreātūrum esseprōcreātum īrī
present participleprōcreāns—
perfect participle—prōcreātus
prōcreāta, prōcreātā, prōcreātae, prōcreātam, prōcreātārum, prōcreātās, prōcreātī, prōcreātōrum, prōcreātōs
future participleprōcreātūrus
prōcreātūra, prōcreātūrā, prōcreātūrae, prōcreātūram, prōcreātūrārum, prōcreātūrās, prōcreātūre, prōcreātūrī, prōcreātūrīs, prōcreātūrō, prōcreātūrōrum, prōcreātūrōs, prōcreātūrum		prōcreandus
prōcreanda, prōcreandā, prōcreandae, prōcreandam, prōcreandārum, prōcreandās, prōcreande, prōcreandīs, prōcreandōrum, prōcreandōs
gerundprōcreandī, prōcreandō, prōcreandumsupineprōcreātum, prōcreātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
God is the Creator of the world.

prō-crĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to bring forth, beget, generate, procreate, produce (class.).
I. Lit.: procreare liberos lepidum est onus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 88: multiplices fetus, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 128: de matrefamilias duo filios, id. Rep. 2, 19, 34: liberos ex tribus uxoribus, Nep. Reg. 2, 3: hoc solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus es, Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; id. Fin. 3, 19, 62; Plin. Pan. 26, 6: natura hinc sensus animantum procreat omnes, Lucr. 2, 880: terra ex minutissimis seminibus tantos truncos ramosque procreat, Cic. Sen. 15, 52.—
II. Trop., to produce, make, cause, occasion (class.): usum, Lucr. 4, 835: tribunatus, cujus primum ortum inter arma civium procreatum videmus, Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 19: vetus verbum est: Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur, Macr. S. 2, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōcreō

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁eh₂yéti Latin creo Latin prōcreō From pro- + creo.

Descendants
  • Catalanprocrear
  • Englishprocreate
  • Frenchprocréer
  • Italianprocreare
  • Portugueseprocriar
  • Spanishprocrear
  • Galicianprocrear

Quick answers

What does prōcreō mean in Latin?
prōcreō, a verb, means “to beget, generate, procreate, produce”.
What are the principal parts of prōcreō?
prōcreō, prōcreāre, prōcreāvī, prōcreātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōcreō?
In classical Latin, [ˈproː.kre.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɔː.kre.o].
Where does prōcreō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōcreō.