PRAESUMERET, praesumeret
Sounds Like: pry-eh-SOO-meh-ret
Translations: he might presume, he would presume, he should presume, he was presuming, she might presume, she would presume, she should presume, she was presuming, it might presume, it would presume, it should presume, it was presuming
From the root: PRAESUMO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is an inflected form of the Latin verb PRAESUMO, meaning 'to presume', 'to take in advance', 'to anticipate', or 'to dare'. It is a compound word formed from 'PRAE' (before, in front of) and 'SUMO' (to take, to take up). In this form, it indicates a potential or hypothetical action in the past, often expressing a wish, command, or possibility.
Inflection: Third person singular, Imperfect, Active, Subjunctive
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PRAESUMO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- PRAESUMO — to presume, to take beforehand, to anticipate, to suppose, to dare, to venture
- PRAESUMPSIT — he presumed, she presumed, it presumed, he dared, she dared, it dared, he undertook, she undertook, it undertook
- PRAESUMUNT — they presume, they suppose, they anticipate, they dare, they take for granted
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