praestans
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of praestō.
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯s.tãːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛs.t̪ans]
Participle
praestāns (genitive praestantis, comparative praestantior, superlative praestantissimus); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | praestāns | praestantēs | praestantia | ||
| genitive | praestantis | praestantium | |||
| dative | praestantī | praestantibus | |||
| accusative | praestantem | praestāns | praestantēs praestantīs |
praestantia | |
| ablative | praestante praestantī1 |
praestantibus | |||
| vocative | praestāns | praestantēs | praestantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “praestans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praestans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praestans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.