praesens

See also: Präsens

Latin

Alternative forms

• prēsēns (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Present active participle of praesum, from prae- +‎ sum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.sens/, [ˈpräe̯s̠ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.sens/, [ˈprɛːs̬ens]

Participle

praesēns (genitive praesentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. present, immediate, at hand, existing

   Synonyms: imminēns, īnstāns

2. prompt
3. propitious
4. (grammar) present

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	praesēns			praesentēs	praesentia
genitive	praesentis			praesentium
dative	praesentī			praesentibus
accusative	praesentem	praesēns		praesentēs praesentīs	praesentia
ablative	praesente praesentī1			praesentibus
vocative	praesēns			praesentēs	praesentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• praesentālis
• praesentāneus
• praesentārius
• praesentia
• praesentō

Descendants

• Catalan: present
• → English: present
• → German: Präsens
• French: présent
• Galician: presente
• Italian: presente
• Norman: persent
• Occitan: present
• Portuguese: presente
• Romanian: prezent
• Sicilian: prisenti
• Spanish: presente

References

• “praesens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praesens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praesens 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)
• praesens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
    
  • prompt assistance: auxilium praesens
    
  • to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
    
  • to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    
  • cash; ready money: pecunia praesens (vid. sect. V. 9, note Notice too...) or numerata
    
  • (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
    
• praesens in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016