precans

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of precor.

Participle

precāns (genitive precantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. entreating, beseeching

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative precāns precantēs precantia
Genitive precantis precantium
Dative precantī precantibus
Accusative precantem precāns precantēs
precantīs 		precantia
Ablative precante
precantī1 		precantibus
Vocative precāns precantēs precantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • “precans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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