praetensus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praetendō

Participle

praetēnsus (feminine praetēnsa, neuter praetēnsum); first/second-declension participle

1. Having been stretched forth; having been extended.
2. Having been spread before; having been held out.
3. Having been put forward as an excuse.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	praetēnsus	praetēnsa	praetēnsum		praetēnsī	praetēnsae	praetēnsa
genitive	praetēnsī	praetēnsae	praetēnsī		praetēnsōrum	praetēnsārum	praetēnsōrum
dative	praetēnsō	praetēnsae	praetēnsō		praetēnsīs
accusative	praetēnsum	praetēnsam	praetēnsum		praetēnsōs	praetēnsās	praetēnsa
ablative	praetēnsō	praetēnsā	praetēnsō		praetēnsīs
vocative	praetēnse	praetēnsa	praetēnsum		praetēnsī	praetēnsae	praetēnsa

Descendants

• Catalan: pretès
• Italian: preteso
• Middle French: pretensse
  • → English: pretense
• Portuguese: pretenso
• Sicilian: pritisu, pritisa

References

• praetensus 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)