prominens

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, project”).

Pronunciation

Participle

prōminēns (genitive prōminentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. prominent, jutting out, projecting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative prōminēns prōminentēs prōminentia
genitive prōminentis prōminentium
dative prōminentī prōminentibus
accusative prōminentem prōminēns prōminentēs
prōminentīs 		prōminentia
ablative prōminente
prōminentī1 		prōminentibus
vocative prōminēns prōminentēs prōminentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

References

  • “prominens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “prominens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • prominens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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