prominens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, project”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.mi.nens/, [ˈproːmɪnẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mi.nens/, [ˈprɔːminens]

Participle

prōminēns (genitive prōminentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. prominent, jutting out, projecting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	prōminēns			prōminentēs	prōminentia
Genitive	prōminentis			prōminentium
Dative	prōminentī			prōminentibus
Accusative	prōminentem	prōminēns		prōminentēs prōminentīs	prōminentia
Ablative	prōminente prōminentī1			prōminentibus
Vocative	prōminēns			prōminentēs	prōminentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• English: prominent
• Galician: prominente
• Italian: prominente
• Spanish: prominente
• Portuguese: prominente
• Hungarian: prominens

References

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