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

1. present
2. immediate
3. at hand
4. existing
5. prompt
6. propitious
7. (grammar) present

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

• praesentālis
• praesentāneus
• praesentārius
• praesentia
• praesentō

Descendants

• English: present
• German: Präsens
• French: présent, présente
• Norman: persent
• Portuguese: presente
• Spanish: presente

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)
    
• 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