praelatus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of praeferō (“to carry forth, I set before”).
By surface analysis, prae- (“before, in front”) + lātus (“borne, carried”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈɫaː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈlaː.t̪us]
Participle
praelātus (feminine praelāta, neuter praelātum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | praelātus | praelāta | praelātum | praelātī | praelātae | praelāta | |
| genitive | praelātī | praelātae | praelātī | praelātōrum | praelātārum | praelātōrum | |
| dative | praelātō | praelātae | praelātō | praelātīs | |||
| accusative | praelātum | praelātam | praelātum | praelātōs | praelātās | praelāta | |
| ablative | praelātō | praelātā | praelātō | praelātīs | |||
| vocative | praelāte | praelāta | praelātum | praelātī | praelātae | praelāta | |
Noun
praelātus m (genitive praelātūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praelātus | praelātūs |
| genitive | praelātūs | praelātuum |
| dative | praelātuī | praelātibus |
| accusative | praelātum | praelātūs |
| ablative | praelātū | praelātibus |
| vocative | praelātus | praelātūs |
Descendants
- Catalan: prelat
- Old French: prelat
- Old Galician-Portuguese: prelado
- Italian: prelato
- Romanian: prelat
- Russian: прелат (prelat)
- Spanish: prelado
References
- “praelatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praelatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "praelatus", 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)
- praelatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- praelatus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016