praestantia
Latin
Etymology 1
From praestāns.
Noun
praestantia f (genitive praestantiae); first declension
- preeminence, superiority, excellence
- Synonym: superioritas
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praestantia | praestantiae |
| Genitive | praestantiae | praestantiārum |
| Dative | praestantiae | praestantiīs |
| Accusative | praestantiam | praestantiās |
| Ablative | praestantiā | praestantiīs |
| Vocative | praestantia | praestantiae |
Descendants
- French: prestance
- Portuguese: prestância
- Spanish: prestancia
Participle
praestantia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of praestāns
References
- “praestantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praestantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praestantia 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)
- praestantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette