praelatus
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈɫaː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈlaː.tus]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of praeferō (“to carry forth, set before”).
Participle
praelātus (feminine praelāta, neuter praelātum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | praelātus | praelāta | praelātum | praelātī | praelātae | praelāta | |
| genitive | praelātī | praelātae | praelātī | praelātōrum | praelātārum | praelātōrum | |
| dative | praelātō | praelātae | praelātō | praelātīs | |||
| accusative | praelātum | praelātam | praelātum | praelātōs | praelātās | praelāta | |
| ablative | praelātō | praelātā | praelātō | praelātīs | |||
| vocative | praelāte | praelāta | praelātum | praelātī | praelātae | praelāta | |
Etymology 2
Nominalization of praelātus.
Noun
praelātus m (genitive praelātī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- a prelate
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praelātus | praelātī |
| genitive | praelātī | praelātōrum |
| dative | praelātō | praelātīs |
| accusative | praelātum | praelātōs |
| ablative | praelātō | praelātīs |
| vocative | praelāte | praelātī |
Descendants
- Catalan: prelat
- Old French: prelat
- Old Galician-Portuguese: prelado
- Italian: prelato
- Romanian: prelat
- Russian: прелат (prelat)
- Spanish: prelado
References
- “praelātus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praelātus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “praelātus¹”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "praelatus²", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- praelatus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016