propensus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōpendeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈpen.sus/, [proːˈpẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈpen.sus/, [proˈpɛnsus]

Adjective

prōpēnsus (feminine prōpēnsa, neuter prōpēnsum, comparative prōpēnsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. hanging down
2. inclining toward, coming near, approaching
3. inclined, disposed, prone, ready, eager, willing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōpēnsus	prōpēnsa	prōpēnsum		prōpēnsī	prōpēnsae	prōpēnsa
genitive	prōpēnsī	prōpēnsae	prōpēnsī		prōpēnsōrum	prōpēnsārum	prōpēnsōrum
dative	prōpēnsō	prōpēnsae	prōpēnsō		prōpēnsīs
accusative	prōpēnsum	prōpēnsam	prōpēnsum		prōpēnsōs	prōpēnsās	prōpēnsa
ablative	prōpēnsō	prōpēnsā	prōpēnsō		prōpēnsīs
vocative	prōpēnse	prōpēnsa	prōpēnsum		prōpēnsī	prōpēnsae	prōpēnsa

References

• “propensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “propensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propensus 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)
• propensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
    
  • to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)