praeposterus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈpɔs.tɛ.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈpɔs.t̪e.rus]
Adjective
praeposterus (feminine praepostera, neuter praeposterum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | praeposterus | praepostera | praeposterum | praeposterī | praeposterae | praepostera | |
| genitive | praeposterī | praeposterae | praeposterī | praeposterōrum | praeposterārum | praeposterōrum | |
| dative | praeposterō | praeposterae | praeposterō | praeposterīs | |||
| accusative | praeposterum | praeposteram | praeposterum | praeposterōs | praeposterās | praepostera | |
| ablative | praeposterō | praeposterā | praeposterō | praeposterīs | |||
| vocative | praepostere | praepostera | praeposterum | praeposterī | praeposterae | praepostera | |
Descendants
- English: preposterous
- Italian: prepostero
- Portuguese: prepóstero
- Spanish: prepóstero
References
- “praeposterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeposterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeposterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- praeposterus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016