praepotens

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Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ potēns.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.po.tens/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.po.tens/,

Adjective

praepotēns (genitive praepotentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

very powerful

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	praepotēns			praepotentēs	praepotentia
Genitive	praepotentis			praepotentium
Dative	praepotentī			praepotentibus
Accusative	praepotentem	praepotēns		praepotentēs	praepotentia
Ablative	praepotentī			praepotentibus
Vocative	praepotēns			praepotentēs	praepotentia

Descendants

→ English: prepotent
→ German: präpotent
→ Italian: prepotente
→ Portuguese: prepotente
→ Spanish: 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.

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