pronus

Ido

Verb

pronus

1. conditional of pronar

Latin

Etymology

From adverbial form of prō (“forward”). Compare Ancient Greek πρᾱνής (prānḗs)/ πρηνής (prēnḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.nus]

Adjective

prōnus (feminine prōna, neuter prōnum, comparative prōnior, superlative prōnissimus, adverb prōnē); first/second-declension adjective

1. turned forward, inclined, leaning, hanging
2. bent over, bending, stooping
3. prone, face down
4. (poetic, of heavenly bodies, time, etc.) setting, declining
5. (Post-Augustean, of localities) lying, looking towards, facing
6. (by extension) [with ad or in (+ accusative); or with dative or genitive ‘to someone, something’]
   1. disposed, inclined, prone
   2. inclined to favor, favorable (to)
   3. (chiefly Post-Augustean) easy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōnus	prōna	prōnum		prōnī	prōnae	prōna
genitive	prōnī	prōnae	prōnī		prōnōrum	prōnārum	prōnōrum
dative	prōnō	prōnae	prōnō		prōnīs
accusative	prōnum	prōnam	prōnum		prōnōs	prōnās	prōna
ablative	prōnō	prōnā	prōnō		prōnīs
vocative	prōne	prōna	prōnum		prōnī	prōnae	prōna

Antonyms

• supīnus

Descendants

• → Catalan: pron
• → English: prone
• → Italian: prono
• → Portuguese: prono
• → Spanish: prono

References

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