prosterno
See also: prosternò
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prosterno
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːsˈter.noː/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɛrnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prosˈter.no/, [prosˈt̪ɛrno]
Verb edit
prōsternō (present infinitive prōsternere, perfect active prōstrāvī, supine prōstrātum); third conjugation
- to strew in front of
- to prostrate, knock down, throw to the ground
- to overthrow or subvert
- to lay low, make fallen
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
- English: prostrate, prostern
- French: prostrer, prosterner
- Italian: prostrare, prosternare
- Portuguese: prostrar, prosternar
- Spanish: prostrar, postrar
References edit
- “prosterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prosterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prosterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
- to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
- to rout the enemy: prosternere, profligare hostem
- to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
- English-Cheyenne Dictionary, Roldolph Petter
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Verb edit
prosterno
- only used in me prosterno, first-person singular present indicative of prosternarse