prehensus
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of prehendō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /preˈhen.sus/, [preˈ(ɦ)ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈen.sus/, [preˈɛnsus]
Participle
prehēnsus (feminine prehēnsa, neuter prehēnsum); first/second-declension participle
- seized, grasped, grabbed, taken, caught; having been seized, etc.
- detained, accosted, caught hold of
- taken by surprise
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | prehēnsus | prehēnsa | prehēnsum | prehēnsī | prehēnsae | prehēnsa | |
| genitive | prehēnsī | prehēnsae | prehēnsī | prehēnsōrum | prehēnsārum | prehēnsōrum | |
| dative | prehēnsō | prehēnsae | prehēnsō | prehēnsīs | |||
| accusative | prehēnsum | prehēnsam | prehēnsum | prehēnsōs | prehēnsās | prehēnsa | |
| ablative | prehēnsō | prehēnsā | prehēnsō | prehēnsīs | |||
| vocative | prehēnse | prehēnsa | prehēnsum | prehēnsī | prehēnsae | prehēnsa | |
Descendants
References
- “prehensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “prehensus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
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