propensus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of prōpendeō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈpen.sus/, [proːˈpẽːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈpen.sus/, [proˈpɛnsus]
Adjective
[edit]prōpēnsus (feminine prōpēnsa, neuter prōpēnsum, comparative prōpēnsior); first/second-declension adjective
- hanging down
- inclining toward, coming near, approaching
- inclined, disposed, prone, ready, eager, willing
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | prōpēnsus | prōpēnsa | prōpēnsum | prōpēnsī | prōpēnsae | prōpēnsa | |
Genitive | prōpēnsī | prōpēnsae | prōpēnsī | prōpēnsōrum | prōpēnsārum | prōpēnsōrum | |
Dative | prōpēnsō | prōpēnsō | prōpēnsīs | ||||
Accusative | prōpēnsum | prōpēnsam | prōpēnsum | prōpēnsōs | prōpēnsās | prōpēnsa | |
Ablative | prōpēnsō | prōpēnsā | prōpēnsō | prōpēnsīs | |||
Vocative | prōpēnse | prōpēnsa | prōpēnsum | prōpēnsī | prōpēnsae | prōpēnsa |
References
[edit]- “propensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propensus 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)
- propensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
- to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
- to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)