Latin

Adjective

praesēns m, f, n ‎(genitive praesentis); third declension

1. present
2. immediate
3. at hand
4. existing
5. prompt
6. propitious
7. (grammar) present

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• German: Präsens
• French: présent, présente
• Spanish: presente

References

• praesens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praesens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PRAESENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praesens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
    
  • prompt assistance: auxilium praesens
    
  • to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
    
  • to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    
  • cash; ready money: pecunia praesens (vid. sect. V. 9, note Notice too...) or numerata
    
  • (ambiguous) at present; for the moment: in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)
    
• praesens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016