praegnans
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯ŋ.nãːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛɲ.ɲans]
Adjective
praegnāns (genitive praegnantis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- alternative form of praegnās
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | praegnāns | praegnantēs | praegnantia | ||
| genitive | praegnantis | praegnantium | |||
| dative | praegnantī | praegnantibus | |||
| accusative | praegnantem | praegnāns | praegnantēs | praegnantia | |
| ablative | praegnantī | praegnantibus | |||
| vocative | praegnāns | praegnantēs | praegnantia | ||
Descendants
- → English: pregnant
- French: prégnant, prégnante
- Italian: pregno
- Old Galician-Portuguese: prenhe, prenne
- Sicilian: prena
References
- “praegnans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praegnans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pregnant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.