prominens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, project”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈproː.mɪ.nẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.mi.nens]
Participle
prōminēns (genitive prōminentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- prominent, jutting out, projecting
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | prōminēns | prōminentēs | prōminentia | ||
| genitive | prōminentis | prōminentium | |||
| dative | prōminentī | prōminentibus | |||
| accusative | prōminentem | prōminēns | prōminentēs prōminentīs |
prōminentia | |
| ablative | prōminente prōminentī1 |
prōminentibus | |||
| vocative | prōminēns | prōminentēs | prōminentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- English: prominent
- Galician: prominente
- Italian: prominente
- Spanish: prominente
- Portuguese: prominente
- Hungarian: prominens
References
- “prominens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prominens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prominens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.