pronus
Ido
[edit]Verb
[edit]pronus
- conditional of pronar
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From adverbial form of prō (“forward”). Compare Ancient Greek πρᾱνής (prānḗs)/ πρηνής (prēnḗs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈproː.nus/, [ˈproːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.nus/, [ˈprɔːnus]
Adjective
[edit]prōnus (feminine prōna, neuter prōnum, comparative prōnior, superlative prōnissimus, adverb prōnē); first/second-declension adjective
- turned forward, inclined, leaning, hanging
- bent over, bending, stooping
- prone, face down
- (poetic, of heavenly bodies, time, etc.) setting, declining
- (Post-Augustean, of localities) lying, looking towards, facing
- (by extension) [with ad or in (+ accusative); or with dative or genitive ‘to someone, something’]
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | prōnus | prōna | prōnum | prōnī | prōnae | prōna | |
| genitive | prōnī | prōnae | prōnī | prōnōrum | prōnārum | prōnōrum | |
| dative | prōnō | prōnae | prōnō | prōnīs | |||
| accusative | prōnum | prōnam | prōnum | prōnōs | prōnās | prōna | |
| ablative | prōnō | prōnā | prōnō | prōnīs | |||
| vocative | prōne | prōna | prōnum | prōnī | prōnae | prōna | |
Antonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “pronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "pronus", 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)
- pronus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.