promptus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproːmp.tus/, [ˈproːmpt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpromp.tus/, [ˈprɔmpt̪us]

Etymology 1

From prōmō (“take or bring forth”) +‎ -tus.

Noun

prōmptus m (genitive prōmptūs); fourth declension

1. a taking forth
   1. an exposing to view, a being visible, visibility, in the phrase:

      in promptu esse (habere, ponere) — “to be (make, render) public, open, visible, manifest”

   2. readiness; willingness, zeal, as in the phrases:

      in promptu esse, habere — “to be at hand, to have ready”

      dignare promptus ingeri - "grant zeal to be entered within" (from the hymn Nunc Sancte Nobis)

   3. ease, facility; only in the phrase:

      in promptu esse — “to be easy”

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōmptus	prōmptūs
Genitive	prōmptūs	prōmptuum
Dative	prōmptuī	prōmptibus
Accusative	prōmptum	prōmptūs
Ablative	prōmptū	prōmptibus
Vocative	prōmptus	prōmptūs

Descendants

Meaning 'ready'

• French: prompt
• Galician: pronto
• Italian: pronto
• Portuguese: pronto
• Sicilian: prontu

Meaning 'already'

• Spanish: pronto

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of prōmō.

Participle

prōmptus (feminine prōmpta, neuter prōmptum); first/second-declension participle

1. produced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōmptus	prōmpta	prōmptum		prōmptī	prōmptae	prōmpta
Genitive	prōmptī	prōmptae	prōmptī		prōmptōrum	prōmptārum	prōmptōrum
Dative	prōmptō		prōmptō		prōmptīs
Accusative	prōmptum	prōmptam	prōmptum		prōmptōs	prōmptās	prōmpta
Ablative	prōmptō	prōmptā	prōmptō		prōmptīs
Vocative	prōmpte	prōmpta	prōmptum		prōmptī	prōmptae	prōmpta

Adjective

prōmptus (feminine prōmpta, neuter prōmptum, comparative prōmptior, superlative prōmptissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. manifest, disclosed
2. ready, willing, eager, decided, resolute

   Synonyms: libēns, indubius, certus, fixus, intēnsus, intentus

   Antonyms: invītus, incertus, dubius, suspensus, vagus, anceps

3. quick, prompt

   Synonyms: rapidus, celer, vēlōx, properus, levis, facilis

   Antonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus

4. bold, enterprising

   Synonyms: audāx, audēns

   Antonyms: timidus, pavidus

5. easy, practicable

   Synonym: facilis

   Antonym: difficilis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōmptus	prōmpta	prōmptum		prōmptī	prōmptae	prōmpta
Genitive	prōmptī	prōmptae	prōmptī		prōmptōrum	prōmptārum	prōmptōrum
Dative	prōmptō		prōmptō		prōmptīs
Accusative	prōmptum	prōmptam	prōmptum		prōmptōs	prōmptās	prōmpta
Ablative	prōmptō	prōmptā	prōmptō		prōmptīs
Vocative	prōmpte	prōmpta	prōmptum		prōmptī	prōmptae	prōmpta

Derived terms

• imprōmptus

Descendants

• French: prompt, prompte
  • → English: prompt
• Galician: pronto
• Italian: pronto
• Portuguese: pronto
• Spanish: pronto

References

• “promptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “promptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• promptus 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)
• promptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have a ready tongue: lingua promptum esse
    
  • to be humorously inclined: animo prompto esse ad iocandum
    
  • it is clear, evident: hoc in promptu est