praesagus

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ sagus (“prophetic”), from sagiō (“I perceive acutely”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈsaː.ɡus/, [präe̯ˈs̠äːɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈsa.ɡus/, [preˈs̬äːɡus]

Adjective

praesāgus (feminine praesāga, neuter praesāgum); first/second-declension adjective

1. foreboding
2. prophetic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	praesāgus	praesāga	praesāgum		praesāgī	praesāgae	praesāga
genitive	praesāgī	praesāgae	praesāgī		praesāgōrum	praesāgārum	praesāgōrum
dative	praesāgō	praesāgae	praesāgō		praesāgīs
accusative	praesāgum	praesāgam	praesāgum		praesāgōs	praesāgās	praesāga
ablative	praesāgō	praesāgā	praesāgō		praesāgīs
vocative	praesāge	praesāga	praesāgum		praesāgī	praesāgae	praesāga

Descendants

• Italian: presago

References

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