praedilectus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
prae- + dīlēctus, perfect passive participle of dīligō (“I esteem, love”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯.diːˈleːk.tus/, [präe̯d̪iːˈɫ̪eːkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre.diˈlek.tus/, [pred̪iˈlɛkt̪us]
Adjective edit
praedīlēctus (feminine praedīlēcta, neuter praedīlēctum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | praedīlēctus | praedīlēcta | praedīlēctum | praedīlēctī | praedīlēctae | praedīlēcta | |
| Genitive | praedīlēctī | praedīlēctae | praedīlēctī | praedīlēctōrum | praedīlēctārum | praedīlēctōrum | |
| Dative | praedīlēctō | praedīlēctō | praedīlēctīs | ||||
| Accusative | praedīlēctum | praedīlēctam | praedīlēctum | praedīlēctōs | praedīlēctās | praedīlēcta | |
| Ablative | praedīlēctō | praedīlēctā | praedīlēctō | praedīlēctīs | |||
| Vocative | praedīlēcte | praedīlēcta | praedīlēctum | praedīlēctī | praedīlēctae | praedīlēcta | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: predilecte
- → Galician: predileito
- → Italian: prediletto
- → Portuguese: predileto
- → Spanish: predilecto
From praedilectio:
- → French: prédilection
- → English: predilection
- → Spanish: predilección