praevaricor

Latin

Alternative forms

  • praevāricō

Etymology

From prae- (“before, in front”) +‎ vāricō (“to spread the legs apart; to straddle”).

Pronunciation

Verb

praevāricor (present infinitive praevāricārī, perfect active praevāricātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to walk crookedly; stray from the straight path
  2. to step out of line; deviate; transgress
  3. to collude, prevaricate, play a double part
  4. (law) to be a false advocate; collude with the opposing party in a sham trial
  5. (Late Latin) to transgress, violate or sin against

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praevāricor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praevāricor praevāricāris,
praevāricāre 		praevāricātur praevāricāmur praevāricāminī praevāricantur
imperfect praevāricābar praevāricābāris,
praevāricābāre 		praevāricābātur praevāricābāmur praevāricābāminī praevāricābantur
future praevāricābor praevāricāberis,
praevāricābere 		praevāricābitur praevāricābimur praevāricābiminī praevāricābuntur
perfect praevāricātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praevāricātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praevāricātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praevāricer praevāricēris,
praevāricēre 		praevāricētur praevāricēmur praevāricēminī praevāricentur
imperfect praevāricārer praevāricārēris,
praevāricārēre 		praevāricārētur praevāricārēmur praevāricārēminī praevāricārentur
perfect praevāricātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praevāricātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praevāricāre — — praevāricāminī —
future — praevāricātor praevāricātor — — praevāricantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present praevāricārī — praevāricāns —
future praevāricātūrum esse — praevāricātūrus praevāricandus
perfect praevāricātum esse — praevāricātus —
future perfect praevāricātum fore — — —
perfect potential praevāricātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praevāricandī praevāricandō praevāricandum praevāricandō praevāricātum praevāricātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: prevaricate
  • Portuguese: prevaricar
  • Spanish: prevaricar

Further reading

  • “praevaricor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praevaricor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “praevaricor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1232/2.
  • praevaricor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 1902–1903
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