praesens

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See also: Präsens

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Present active participle of praesum, from prae- +‎ sum.

Pronunciation

Participle

praesēns (genitive praesentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. present, immediate, at hand, existing
    Synonyms: imminēns, īnstāns
  2. prompt
  3. propitious
  4. (grammar) present

Declension

Third-declension participle.

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
praesentīs 		praesentia
Ablative praesente
praesentī1 		praesentibus
Vocative praesēns praesentēs praesentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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