praes

See also: præs.

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English price.

Noun

praes

  1. price (the cost required to gain possession of)

Etymology 2

From English prize.

Noun

praes

  1. prize

References

  • Crowley, Terry (2003) A New Bislama Dictionary, 2nd edition, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, →ISBN, page 212

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From prae- +‎ vas (bond, surety).

Noun

praes m (genitive praedis); third declension

  1. surety, bondsman
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative praes praedēs
genitive praedis praedum
dative praedī praedibus
accusative praedem praedēs
ablative praede praedibus
vocative praes praedēs
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From prae.

Adverb

praes (not comparable)

  1. at hand; now

References

  • praes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • my mind forebodes misfortune: animus praesāgit malum
  • praes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin