Latin edit

Etymology edit

Present participle of precor.

Participle edit

precāns (genitive precantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. entreating, beseeching

Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative precāns precantēs precantia
Genitive precantis precantium
Dative precantī precantibus
Accusative precantem precāns precantēs
precantīs
precantia
Ablative precante
precantī1
precantibus
Vocative precāns precantēs precantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References edit

  • precans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers