adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
praesāgus
praesāgus (feminine praesāga, neuter praesāgum)
Classical[prae̯ˈsaː.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[preˈs̬aː.ɡus]
Meaning
- adjectiveforeboding
- adjectiveprophetic
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī mala ventūra ante sentitpraesāgus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 23
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | praesāgus | praesāga | praesāgum |
| genitive | praesāgī | praesāgae | praesāgī |
| dative | praesāgō | praesāgae | praesāgō |
| accusative | praesāgum | praesāgam | praesāgum |
| ablative | praesāgō | praesāgā | praesāgō |
| vocative | praesāge | praesāga | praesāgum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | praesāgī | praesāgae | praesāga |
| genitive | praesāgōrum | praesāgārum | praesāgōrum |
| dative | praesāgīs | praesāgīs | praesāgīs |
| accusative | praesāgōs | praesāgās | praesāga |
| ablative | praesāgīs | praesāgīs | praesāgīs |
| vocative | praesāgī | praesāgae | praesāga |
prae-sāgus, a, um, adj.,
I. foreboding, foretelling, divining, prophetic, presaging (poet. and in post - Aug. prose):
praesaga mali mens, Verg. A. 10, 843: fulminis ignes, id. ib. 177: luctus suspiria, Ov. M. 2, 124: verba, id. ib. 3, 514: ars, Val. Fl. 5, 434: astra, Stat. Th. 8, 145: responsa, Tac. H. 2, 1: nares, Firm. Math. 8, 9: somnium praesagum futurorum, Vulg. Gen. 41, 11.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prae-sāgus adj.,
perceiving beforehand, divining, prophetic, presaging: pectora, O.: mali mens, V.: luctūs suspiria, O.—Prophetic, indicating beforehand: Verba senis, O.: fulminis ignes, V.
Origins
From prae- + sagus (“prophetic”), from sagiō (“to perceive acutely”).
Descendants
- Italianpresago