praestans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of praestō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprae̯s.tãːs]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɛs.t̪ans]

Participle

praestāns (genitive praestantis, comparative praestantior, superlative praestantissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

1. excelling, surpassing
2. providing, supplying

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	praestāns			praestantēs	praestantia
genitive	praestantis			praestantium
dative	praestantī			praestantibus
accusative	praestantem	praestāns		praestantēs praestantīs	praestantia
ablative	praestante praestantī1			praestantibus
vocative	praestāns			praestantēs	praestantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “praestans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praestans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “praestans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.