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Latin
Etymology
From prae + datus (past participle of dō).
Pronunciation
Adjective
praeditus (feminine praedita, neuter praeditum); first/second-declension adjective
- endowed, gifted, provided with, possessed of something (construed with ablative)
Plautus,
Amphitryon 215:
- Legiones pulchris armis praeditis
- The legions furnished with splendid arms
- (post-Augustean, of a deity, construed with the dative) placed or set over, presiding over any thing
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
References
- “praedĭtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeditus 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)
- praeditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be endowed with sense: sensibus praeditum esse
- to be in a dignified position: summa dignitate praeditum esse
- a man of ability: vir magno ingenio praeditus
- to possess experience: usu praeditum esse
- to be gifted, talented (not praeditum esse by itself): bona indole (always in sing.) praeditum esse
- to possess rich mental endowments: summo ingenio praeditum esse
- to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
- to be endowed with reason: ratione praeditum esse, uti