Latin

Noun

praes m ‎(genitive praedis); third declension

1. surety, bondsman

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• praedium

Etymology 2

From Latin 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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