praestes

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Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From praestō (“I stand before”).

Noun[edit]

praestes m (genitive praestitis); third declension

  1. protector
  2. president
Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative praestes praestitēs
Genitive praestitis praestitum
Dative praestitī praestitibus
Accusative praestitem praestitēs
Ablative praestite praestitibus
Vocative praestes praestitēs

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

praestēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of praestō

References[edit]

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