pronus
Ido
Verb
pronus
- conditional of pronar
Latin
Etymology
From adverbial form of prō (“forward”). Compare Ancient Greek πρᾱνής (prānḗs)/ πρηνής (prēnḗs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.nus/, [ˈproːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.nus/, [ˈprɔːnus]
Adjective
prōnus (feminine prōna, neuter prōnum); first/second-declension adjective
- turned forward, inclined, leaning, hanging
- bent over, bending, stooping
- prone, face down
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prōnus | prōna | prōnum | prōnī | prōnae | prōna | |
| Genitive | prōnī | prōnae | prōnī | prōnōrum | prōnārum | prōnōrum | |
| Dative | prōnō | prōnō | prōnīs | ||||
| Accusative | prōnum | prōnam | prōnum | prōnōs | prōnās | prōna | |
| Ablative | prōnō | prōnā | prōnō | prōnīs | |||
| Vocative | prōne | prōna | prōnum | prōnī | prōnae | prōna | |
Antonyms
- supīnus
Descendants
- Catalan: pron
- English: prone
- Italian: prono
- Portuguese: prono
- Spanish: prono
References
- “pronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pronus 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)
- pronus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette