praepotens
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.po.tens/, [ˈpräe̯pɔt̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.po.tens/, [ˈprɛːpot̪ens]
Adjective
praepotēns (genitive praepotentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- very powerful etc
Declension
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
- Italian: prepotente
References
- “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.