promus

French

Verb

promus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of promouvoir

Participle

promus m pl

1. masculine plural of promu

Anagrams

• rompus

Latin

Etymology

From prōmō (“I produce”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.mus/, [ˈproːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mus/, [ˈprɔːmus]

Adjective

prōmus (feminine prōma, neuter prōmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to giving out, distributing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōmus	prōma	prōmum		prōmī	prōmae	prōma
genitive	prōmī	prōmae	prōmī		prōmōrum	prōmārum	prōmōrum
dative	prōmō	prōmae	prōmō		prōmīs
accusative	prōmum	prōmam	prōmum		prōmōs	prōmās	prōma
ablative	prōmō	prōmā	prōmō		prōmīs
vocative	prōme	prōma	prōmum		prōmī	prōmae	prōma

Derived terms

• prōmum

Noun

prōmus m (genitive prōmī); second declension

1. A distributor of provisions
2. A steward, a butler

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōmus	prōmī
genitive	prōmī	prōmōrum
dative	prōmō	prōmīs
accusative	prōmum	prōmōs
ablative	prōmō	prōmīs
vocative	prōme	prōmī

References

• “promus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• promus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.