provectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōvehō.

Participle

prōvectus (feminine prōvecta, neuter prōvectum); first/second-declension participle

1. carried or conducted forward or along
2. advanced, developed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōvectus	prōvecta	prōvectum		prōvectī	prōvectae	prōvecta
genitive	prōvectī	prōvectae	prōvectī		prōvectōrum	prōvectārum	prōvectōrum
dative	prōvectō	prōvectae	prōvectō		prōvectīs
accusative	prōvectum	prōvectam	prōvectum		prōvectōs	prōvectās	prōvecta
ablative	prōvectō	prōvectā	prōvectō		prōvectīs
vocative	prōvecte	prōvecta	prōvectum		prōvectī	prōvectae	prōvecta

Descendants

• Italian: provetto
• Portuguese: provecto
• Spanish: provecto

References

• “provectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• provectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be advanced in years: aetate provectum esse (not aetate provecta)
    
  • to be more advanced in years: longius aetate provectum esse
    
  • my zeal for a thing has led me too far: studio alicuius rei provectus sum