praeditus

From prae +‎ datus (past participle of dō).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprae̯.dɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɛː.d̪i.t̪us]

praeditus (feminine praedita, neuter praeditum); first/second-declension adjective

1. endowed, gifted, provided with, possessed of something (construed with ablative)
   • Plautus, Amphitryon 215:

     Legiones pulchris armis praeditas

     The legions furnished with splendid arms

2. (post-Augustean, of a deity, construed with the dative) placed or set over, presiding over any thing

First/second-declension adjective.

• (endowed, gifted, provided with, possessed of): īnstrūctus, ōrnātus
• (of a deity: placed over, set over, presiding over): praepositus

• “praedĭtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "praeditus", 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)
• praeditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be endowed with sense: sensibus praeditum esse
    
  • to be in a dignified position: summa dignitate praeditum esse
    
  • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio praeditus
    
  • to possess experience: usu praeditum esse
    
  • to be gifted, talented (not praeditum esse by itself): bona indole (always in sing.) praeditum esse
    
  • to possess rich mental endowments: summo ingenio praeditum esse
    
  • to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
    
  • to be endowed with reason: ratione praeditum esse, uti