praesens
See also: Präsens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of praesum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.sens/, [ˈpräe̯s̠ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.sens/, [ˈprɛːs̬ens]
Adjective
praesēns (genitive praesentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | praesēns | praesentēs | praesentia | ||
Genitive | praesentis | praesentium | |||
Dative | praesentī | praesentibus | |||
Accusative | praesentem | praesēns | praesentēs | praesentia | |
Ablative | praesentī | praesentibus | |||
Vocative | praesēns | praesentēs | praesentia |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “praesens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesens 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)
- praesens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
- prompt assistance: auxilium praesens
- to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
- to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
- cash; ready money: pecunia praesens (vid. sect. V. 9, note Notice too...) or numerata
- (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
- (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
- praesens in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016