promotus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of prōmoveō.
Participle
prōmōtus (feminine prōmōta, neuter prōmōtum); first/second-declension participle
- propelled, advanced
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.27:
- Postero die Caesar promota turri
- In the following day Caesar having propelled the towers
- Postero die Caesar promota turri
- extended
- displaced
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | prōmōtus | prōmōta | prōmōtum | prōmōtī | prōmōtae | prōmōta | |
| genitive | prōmōtī | prōmōtae | prōmōtī | prōmōtōrum | prōmōtārum | prōmōtōrum | |
| dative | prōmōtō | prōmōtae | prōmōtō | prōmōtīs | |||
| accusative | prōmōtum | prōmōtam | prōmōtum | prōmōtōs | prōmōtās | prōmōta | |
| ablative | prōmōtō | prōmōtā | prōmōtō | prōmōtīs | |||
| vocative | prōmōte | prōmōta | prōmōtum | prōmōtī | prōmōtae | prōmōta | |
References
- “promotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "promotus", 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)
- promotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.