propensus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōpendeō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prōpēnsus (feminine prōpēnsa, neuter prōpēnsum, comparative prōpēnsior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hanging down
  2. inclining toward, coming near, approaching
  3. inclined, disposed, prone, ready, eager, willing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prōpēnsus prōpēnsa prōpēnsum prōpēnsī prōpēnsae prōpēnsa
Genitive prōpēnsī prōpēnsae prōpēnsī prōpēnsōrum prōpēnsārum prōpēnsōrum
Dative prōpēnsō prōpēnsō prōpēnsīs
Accusative prōpēnsum prōpēnsam prōpēnsum prōpēnsōs prōpēnsās prōpēnsa
Ablative prōpēnsō prōpēnsā prōpēnsō prōpēnsīs
Vocative prōpēnse prōpēnsa prōpēnsum prōpēnsī prōpēnsae prōpēnsa

References
  • “propensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “propensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propensus 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)
  • propensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
    • to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
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