protego

Latin

Etymology

From pro- + tegō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.tɛ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.te.ɡo]

Verb

prōtegō (present infinitive prōtegere, perfect active prōtēxī, supine prōtēctum); third conjugation

1. to cover

   Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, abscondō, abdō, cooperiō, comprimō, tegō, premō, opprimō, mergō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

2. to protect, defend

   Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, tegō, dēfendō, sustineō, adsum, ēripiō, arceō, tueor, servō, mūniō, prohibeō

   Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōtegō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōtegō		prōtegis		prōtegit		prōtegimus		prōtegitis		prōtegunt
	imperfect	prōtegēbam		prōtegēbās		prōtegēbat		prōtegēbāmus		prōtegēbātis		prōtegēbant
	future	prōtegam		prōtegēs		prōteget		prōtegēmus		prōtegētis		prōtegent
	perfect	prōtēxī		prōtēxistī		prōtēxit		prōtēximus		prōtēxistis		prōtēxērunt, prōtēxēre
	pluperfect	prōtēxeram		prōtēxerās		prōtēxerat		prōtēxerāmus		prōtēxerātis		prōtēxerant
	future perfect	prōtēxerō		prōtēxeris		prōtēxerit		prōtēxerimus		prōtēxeritis		prōtēxerint
passive	present	prōtegor		prōtegeris, prōtegere		prōtegitur		prōtegimur		prōtegiminī		prōteguntur
	imperfect	prōtegēbar		prōtegēbāris, prōtegēbāre		prōtegēbātur		prōtegēbāmur		prōtegēbāminī		prōtegēbantur
	future	prōtegar		prōtegēris, prōtegēre		prōtegētur		prōtegēmur		prōtegēminī		prōtegentur
	perfect	prōtēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōtēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōtēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōtegam		prōtegās		prōtegat		prōtegāmus		prōtegātis		prōtegant
	imperfect	prōtegerem		prōtegerēs		prōtegeret		prōtegerēmus		prōtegerētis		prōtegerent
	perfect	prōtēxerim		prōtēxerīs		prōtēxerit		prōtēxerīmus		prōtēxerītis		prōtēxerint
	pluperfect	prōtēxissem		prōtēxissēs		prōtēxisset		prōtēxissēmus		prōtēxissētis		prōtēxissent
passive	present	prōtegar		prōtegāris, prōtegāre		prōtegātur		prōtegāmur		prōtegāminī		prōtegantur
	imperfect	prōtegerer		prōtegerēris, prōtegerēre		prōtegerētur		prōtegerēmur		prōtegerēminī		prōtegerentur
	perfect	prōtēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōtēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōtege		—		—		prōtegite		—
	future	—		prōtegitō		prōtegitō		—		prōtegitōte		prōteguntō
passive	present	—		prōtegere		—		—		prōtegiminī		—
	future	—		prōtegitor		prōtegitor		—		—		prōteguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōtegere			prōtegī			prōtegēns			—
future		prōtēctūrum esse			prōtēctum īrī			prōtēctūrus			prōtegendus, prōtegundus
perfect		prōtēxisse			prōtēctum esse			—			prōtēctus
future perfect		—			prōtēctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōtēctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōtegendī		prōtegendō		prōtegendum		prōtegendō		prōtēctum		prōtēctū

Derived terms

• prōtēctor

Descendants

• Catalan: protegir
• English: protect
• French: protéger
• Galician: protexer
• Italian: proteggere
• Occitan: protegir
• Portuguese: proteger
• Romanian: proteja
• Spanish: proteger

References

• “protego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “protego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “protego”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.