praegnas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Formed as prae- (“before”) + gnā- (the root of *gnāscor, an archaic form of nāscor (“be born”)); compare gignō (“beget, give birth to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

praegnās (genitive praegnātis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. with child, pregnant
    Synonym: gravidus

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative praegnās praegnātēs praegnātia
genitive praegnātis praegnātium
dative praegnātī praegnātibus
accusative praegnātem praegnās praegnātēs praegnātia
ablative praegnātī praegnātibus
vocative praegnās praegnātēs praegnātia

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: prin
  • Old French: preins
  • → Old French: prégnant
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: prenhe, prenne
  • Italian: pregno
  • Occitan: prenha
  • Neapolitan: prieno, prena
  • Sicilian: prena
  • Sardinian: pringiu, prinzu

References

  • “praegnas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praegnas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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