praesens

• prēsēns (medieval)

Present active participle of praesum, from prae- +‎ sum.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.sens/, [ˈpräe̯s̠ẽːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.sens/, [ˈprɛːs̬ens]

praesēns (genitive praesentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. present, immediate, at hand, existing

   Synonyms: imminēns, īnstāns

2. prompt
3. propitious
4. (grammar) present

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• praesens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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