verbthird-declension one-termination participle
praesēns
praesēns (genitive praesentis)
Classical[ˈprae̯.sẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɛː.s̬ens]
№ 822 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- one terminationparticiplepresent, immediate, at hand, existing
- one terminationparticipleprompt
- one terminationparticiplepropitious
- one terminationparticiplepresent
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī nunc adest; tempus praesēns.praesēns -entis — in Mille Verba, Tempus et Numerī
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- auxilium praesens
- prompt assistance.
- in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
- at present; for the moment.
- aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
- to praise a man to his face.
- praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
- to possess presence of mind.
- pecunia praesens (vid. sect. V. 9, note Notice too...) or numerata
- cash; ready money.
praesens, entis, v. praesum
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
praesēns entis (abl. of persons usu. ente; of things, entī), adj. with comp.
P. of praesum, at hand, in sight, present, in person : quia ades praesens, because you are here , T.: quo praesente, in whose presence : pauca praesenti consilio locutus, before a council of war , S.: tecum egi, in person : sermo, face to face : adgnoscere praesentia ora, i. e. in plain view , V.: hanc sibi videbit praesens praesentem eripi, T.: in rem praesentem venire, to the very spot : in re praesenti, on the spot , L.—Of time, present, contemporary, existing : res: non solum inopiā praesentis, sed etiam futuri temporis timore, Cs.: fortuna pristina viri, praesenti fortunae conlata, L.: praesenti bello, during hostilities , N.: et praesens aetas et posteritas, Cu.: praesens in tempus omittere, for the present , H.: praesenti tempore, now , O.—As subst n . (sc. tempus), the present : laetus in praesens animus, H.: haec in praesenti scripsi.—Plur, present circumstances, the present state of affairs : amor fastidio praesentium accensus est, Cu.— Happening at once, immediate, instant, prompt, impending : praesens quod fuerat malum in diem abiit, T.: poena: tuā praesenti ope servata urbs, L.: pecunia, cash : praesentibus insidiis liberare, imminent : iam praesentior res erat, more imminent , L.— Operating at once, instant, prompt, efficacious, powerful, influential : auxilium: non ulla magis praesens fortuna laborum est, more effective cure , V.: adeo iniuriae Samnitium quam benefici Romanorum memoria praesentior erat, L.: si quid praesentius audes, more effective , V.: o diva . . . Praesens vel tollere corpus, vel, etc., H. — Present, collected, resolute : Animo virili praesentique esse, T.: si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens, V.: animus: praesentioribus animis, L. — Present, aiding, favoring, propitious : deus, T.: praesentes saepe di vim suam declarant: Tu, dea, tu praesens, nostro succurre labori, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinpraesēns
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin praesum Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin praesens Present active participle of praesum, from prae- + sum.
Descendants
- Catalanpresent
- Englishpresent
- GermanPräsens
- Frenchprésent
- Italianpresente
- Occitanpresent
- Portuguesepresente
- Romanianprezent
- Spanishpresente
- Galicianpresente
In English words that came into English from praesēns
- presentpraesēns
- presencepraesentia
- representrepraesentō
- presentationpraesentātiōnem
- omnipresentomnipraesēns
- presentativepraesentativus