protego

Latin

Etymology

pro- +‎ tego.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.te.ɡoː/, [ˈproːt̪ɛɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.te.ɡo/, [ˈprɔːt̪eɡo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōtegere	prōtēxisse	prōtēctūrum esse	prōtegī	prōtēctum esse	prōtēctum īrī
participles		prōtegēns	—	prōtēctūrus	—	prōtēctus	prōtegendus, prōtegundus
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.