praepotens
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.po.tens/, [ˈpräe̯pɔt̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.po.tens/, [ˈprɛːpot̪ens]
Adjective
[edit]praepotēns (genitive praepotentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- very powerful
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | praepotēns | praepotentēs | praepotentia | ||
| Genitive | praepotentis | praepotentium | |||
| Dative | praepotentī | praepotentibus | |||
| Accusative | praepotentem | praepotēns | praepotentēs | praepotentia | |
| Ablative | praepotentī | praepotentibus | |||
| Vocative | praepotēns | praepotentēs | praepotentia | ||
Descendants
[edit]- → English: prepotent
- → German: präpotent
- → Italian: prepotente
- → Portuguese: prepotente
- → Spanish: prepotente
References
[edit]- “praepotens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praepotens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praepotens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.