praestantia

Latin

Etymology 1

From praestāns.

Noun

praestantia f (genitive praestantiae); first declension

1. preeminence, superiority, excellence

   Synonym: superioritas

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praestantia	praestantiae
Genitive	praestantiae	praestantiārum
Dative	praestantiae	praestantiīs
Accusative	praestantiam	praestantiās
Ablative	praestantiā	praestantiīs
Vocative	praestantia	praestantiae

Descendants

• French: prestance
• Portuguese: prestância
• Spanish: prestancia

Etymology 2

Participle

praestantia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of praestāns

References

• “praestantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praestantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praestantia 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)
• praestantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.