praegnans

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯ɡ.nans/, [ˈpräe̯ŋnä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpreɲ.ɲans/, [ˈprɛɲːäns]

Adjective

praegnāns (genitive praegnantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Alternative form of praegnās

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	praegnāns			praegnantēs	praegnantia
genitive	praegnantis			praegnantium
dative	praegnantī			praegnantibus
accusative	praegnantem	praegnāns		praegnantēs	praegnantia
ablative	praegnantī			praegnantibus
vocative	praegnāns			praegnantēs	praegnantia

Descendants

• → English: pregnant
• French: prégnant, prégnante
• Italian: pregno
• Old Galician-Portuguese: prenhe, prenne
  • Galician: preñe
  • Portuguese: prenhe
• Sicilian: prena

References

• “praegnans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praegnans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pregnant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.