pronus

pronus

1. conditional of pronar

From adverbial form of prō (“forward”). Compare Ancient Greek πρᾱνής (prānḗs)/ πρηνής (prēnḗs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.nus/, [ˈproːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.nus/, [ˈprɔːnus]

prōnus (feminine prōna, neuter prōnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. turned forward, inclined, leaning, hanging
2. bent over, bending, stooping
3. prone, face down

First/second-declension adjective.

• supīnus

• → Catalan: pron
• → English: prone
• → Italian: prono
• → Portuguese: prono
• → Spanish: prono

• “pronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pronus 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)
• pronus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.