prompto
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]prōmptō
References
[edit]- “prompto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prompto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]prompto (feminine prompta, masculine plural promptos, feminine plural promptas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pronto.
- 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The preceptress]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 214:
- — Aqui me tem, prompto a luctar peito a peito contra o seu infortunio, e a vencêl-o.
- “Here you have me, ready to fight chest-to-chest against your misfortune, and to win against it.”