See also: Präsens

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Present active participle of praesum, from prae- +‎ sum.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

praesēns (genitive praesentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. present, immediate, at hand, existing
    Synonyms: imminēns, īnstāns
  2. prompt
  3. propitious
  4. (grammar) present

Declension edit

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative praesēns praesentēs praesentia
Genitive praesentis praesentium
Dative praesentī praesentibus
Accusative praesentem praesēns praesentēs praesentia
Ablative praesentī praesentibus
Vocative praesēns praesentēs praesentia

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References edit

  • praesens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praesens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praesens 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)
  • praesens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
    • prompt assistance: auxilium praesens
    • to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
    • to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    • cash; ready money: pecunia praesens (vid. sect. V. 9, note Notice too...) or numerata
    • (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
  • praesens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016