praelatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praeferō (“to carry forth, I set before”).
By surface analysis, prae- (“before, in front”) +‎ lātus (“borne, carried”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈlaː.tus/, [präe̯ˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈla.tus/, [preˈläːt̪us]

Participle

praelātus (feminine praelāta, neuter praelātum); first/second-declension participle

1. carried
2. offered, presented
3. preferred
4. anticipated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	praelātus	praelāta	praelātum		praelātī	praelātae	praelāta
genitive	praelātī	praelātae	praelātī		praelātōrum	praelātārum	praelātōrum
dative	praelātō	praelātae	praelātō		praelātīs
accusative	praelātum	praelātam	praelātum		praelātōs	praelātās	praelāta
ablative	praelātō	praelātā	praelātō		praelātīs
vocative	praelāte	praelāta	praelātum		praelātī	praelātae	praelāta

Noun

praelātus m (genitive praelātūs); fourth declension

1. (Medieval Latin) prelate

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praelātus	praelātūs
genitive	praelātūs	praelātuum
dative	praelātuī	praelātibus
accusative	praelātum	praelātūs
ablative	praelātū	praelātibus
vocative	praelātus	praelātūs

Descendants

• Catalan: prelat
• Old French: prelat
  • English: prelate
  • French: prélat
• Old Galician-Portuguese: prelado
  • Galician: prelado
  • Portuguese: prelado
• Italian: prelato
• Romanian: prelat
• Russian: прелат (prelat)
• Spanish: prelado

References

• “praelatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praelatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praelatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• praelatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• praelatus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016