praeposterus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈpos.te.rus/, [präe̯ˈpɔs̠t̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈpos.te.rus/, [preˈpɔst̪erus]
Adjective edit
praeposterus (feminine praepostera, neuter praeposterum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | praeposterus | praepostera | praeposterum | praeposterī | praeposterae | praepostera | |
| Genitive | praeposterī | praeposterae | praeposterī | praeposterōrum | praeposterārum | praeposterōrum | |
| Dative | praeposterō | praeposterō | praeposterīs | ||||
| Accusative | praeposterum | praeposteram | praeposterum | praeposterōs | praeposterās | praepostera | |
| Ablative | praeposterō | praeposterā | praeposterō | praeposterīs | |||
| Vocative | praepostere | praepostera | praeposterum | praeposterī | praeposterae | praepostera | |
Descendants edit
- English: preposterous
- Italian: prepostero
- Portuguese: prepóstero
- Spanish: prepóstero
References edit
- “praeposterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeposterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeposterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- praeposterus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016