praes

praes

See also: præs.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯s/, [präe̯s̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pres/, [prɛs]

Etymology 1

From prae- +‎ vas (“bond, surety”).

Noun

praes m (genitive praedis); third declension

1. surety, bondsman

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praes	praedēs
Genitive	praedis	praedum
Dative	praedī	praedibus
Accusative	praedem	praedēs
Ablative	praede	praedibus
Vocative	praes	praedēs

Derived terms

• praedium

Etymology 2

From prae.

Adverb

praes (not comparable)

1. at hand; now

References

• “praes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • my mind forebodes misfortune: animus praesāgit malum
    
• “praes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “praes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin