LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

prōvincō

prōvincō (present infinitive prōvincere, perfect active prōvīcī, supine prōvictum)
Classical[proːˈwɪŋ.koː]Ecclesiastical[proˈviŋ.ko]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto conquer before
    Prōvinciæ appellantur, quod pŏpulus Rōmānus eās prōvīcit, id est ante vīcit.Provinces are so called, because the Roman people “provict” them, that is conquered them before.c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatione 226 (quoting Julius Paulus)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōvincōprōvincēbamprōvincamprōvīcīprōvīceramprōvīcerō
2nd sg.prōvincisprōvincēbāsprōvincēsprōvīcistīprōvīcerāsprōvīceris
3rd sg.prōvincitprōvincēbatprōvincetprōvīcitprōvīceratprōvīcerit
1st pl.prōvincimusprōvincēbāmusprōvincēmusprōvīcimusprōvīcerāmusprōvīcerimus
2nd pl.prōvincitisprōvincēbātisprōvincētisprōvīcistisprōvīcerātisprōvīceritis
3rd pl.prōvincuntprōvincēbantprōvincentprōvīcērunt
prōvīcēre
prōvīcerantprōvīcerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōvincamprōvinceremprōvīcerimprōvīcissem
2nd sg.prōvincāsprōvincerēsprōvīcerīsprōvīcissēs
3rd sg.prōvincatprōvinceretprōvīceritprōvīcisset
1st pl.prōvincāmusprōvincerēmusprōvīcerīmusprōvīcissēmus
2nd pl.prōvincātisprōvincerētisprōvīcerītisprōvīcissētis
3rd pl.prōvincantprōvincerentprōvīcerintprōvīcissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōvincorprōvincēbarprōvincar
2nd sg.prōvinceris
prōvincere
prōvincēbāris
prōvincēbāre
prōvincēris
prōvincēre
3rd sg.prōvinciturprōvincēbāturprōvincētur
1st pl.prōvincimurprōvincēbāmurprōvincēmur
2nd pl.prōvinciminīprōvincēbāminīprōvincēminī
3rd pl.prōvincunturprōvincēbanturprōvincentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōvincarprōvincerer
2nd sg.prōvincāris
prōvincāre
prōvincerēris
prōvincerēre
3rd sg.prōvincāturprōvincerētur
1st pl.prōvincāmurprōvincerēmur
2nd pl.prōvincāminīprōvincerēminī
3rd pl.prōvincanturprōvincerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōvinceprōvincere
pres. 2nd pl.prōvinciteprōvinciminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōvincitōprōvincitor
fut. 3rd sg.prōvincitōprōvincitor
fut. 2nd pl.prōvincitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōvincuntōprōvincuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōvincereprōvincī
perfect infinitiveprōvīcisseprōvictum esse
future infinitiveprōvictūrum esseprōvictum īrī
present participleprōvincēns—
perfect participle—prōvictus
prōvicta, prōvictā, prōvictae, prōvictam, prōvictārum, prōvictās, prōvicte, prōvictī, prōvictīs, prōvictō, prōvictōrum, prōvictōs
future participleprōvictūrus
prōvictūra, prōvictūrā, prōvictūrae, prōvictūram, prōvictūrārum, prōvictūrās, prōvictūre, prōvictūrī, prōvictūrīs, prōvictūrō, prōvictūrōrum, prōvictūrōs, prōvictūrum
prōvincendus
prōvincundus
gerundprōvincendī, prōvincendō, prōvincendumsupineprōvictum, prōvictū

prō-vinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. a.,
I. to conquer before, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Provinciae, p. 226 Müll.

Origins

From prō- + vincō.

Quick answers

What does prōvincō mean in Latin?
prōvincō, a verb, means “to conquer before”.
What are the principal parts of prōvincō?
prōvincō, prōvincere, prōvīcī, prōvictum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōvincō?
In classical Latin, [proːˈwɪŋ.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈviŋ.ko].