prehensus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Perfect passive participle of prehendō.

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    prehēnsus (feminine prehēnsa, neuter prehēnsum); first/second-declension participle

    1. seized, grasped, grabbed, taken, caught; having been seized, etc.
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.592–593:
        “[...] dextrāque prehēnsum / continuit [...].”
        “she caught [me] by the hand and held [me] back”
        (Venus intervenes just as Aeneas reaches for his sword.)
    2. detained, accosted, caught hold of
    3. taken by surprise

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative prehēnsus prehēnsa prehēnsum prehēnsī prehēnsae prehēnsa
    genitive prehēnsī prehēnsae prehēnsī prehēnsōrum prehēnsārum prehēnsōrum
    dative prehēnsō prehēnsae prehēnsō prehēnsīs
    accusative prehēnsum prehēnsam prehēnsum prehēnsōs prehēnsās prehēnsa
    ablative prehēnsō prehēnsā prehēnsō prehēnsīs
    vocative prehēnse prehēnsa prehēnsum prehēnsī prehēnsae prehēnsa

    Descendants

    • Balkan Romance:
      • Romanian: prins
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Padanian:
      • Piedmontese: prèis, prais (“rennet”)
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *prensura (“rennet”)
      • Italo-Romance:
      • Padanian:
        • ⇒ Emilian: presur, parzur
        • Piedmontese: përzura ⇒ preisur
      • Northern Gallo-Romance:
      • Southern Gallo-Romance:

    References

    • “prehensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • prehensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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