praevalens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of praevaleō.

Participle

praevalēns (genitive praevalentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. dominant, superior

   Synonyms: fortis, potis, validus, potēns, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos

   Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, inops

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	praevalēns			praevalentēs	praevalentia
Genitive	praevalentis			praevalentium
Dative	praevalentī			praevalentibus
Accusative	praevalentem	praevalēns		praevalentēs praevalentīs	praevalentia
Ablative	praevalente praevalentī1			praevalentibus
Vocative	praevalēns			praevalentēs	praevalentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: prevalent
• Galician: prevalente
• Italian: prevalente
• Portuguese: prevalente
• Spanish: prevalente

References

• “praevalens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praevalens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers