praelatus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Participle

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative praelātus praelāta praelātum praelātī praelātae praelāta
Genitive praelātī praelātae praelātī praelātōrum praelātārum praelātōrum
Dative praelātō 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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative praelātus praelātūs
Genitive praelātūs praelātuum
Dative praelātuī praelātibus
Accusative praelātum praelātūs
Ablative praelātū praelātibus
Vocative praelātus praelātūs

Descendants

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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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