promotus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōmoveō.

Participle

prōmōtus (feminine prōmōta, neuter prōmōtum); first/second-declension participle

1. propelled, advanced
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.27:

     Postero die Caesar promota turri

     In the following day Caesar having propelled the towers

2. extended
3. displaced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōmōtus	prōmōta	prōmōtum		prōmōtī	prōmōtae	prōmōta
Genitive	prōmōtī	prōmōtae	prōmōtī		prōmōtōrum	prōmōtārum	prōmōtōrum
Dative	prōmōtō		prōmōtō		prōmōtīs
Accusative	prōmōtum	prōmōtam	prōmōtum		prōmōtōs	prōmōtās	prōmōta
Ablative	prōmōtō	prōmōtā	prōmōtō		prōmōtīs
Vocative	prōmōte	prōmōta	prōmōtum		prōmōtī	prōmōtae	prōmōta

References

• “promotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• promotus 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)
• promotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.