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provectus

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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.

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, 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
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