praeditus

From prae +‎ datus (past participle of dō).[1]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.di.tus/, [ˈprae̯.dɪ.tʊs]

praeditus (feminine praedita, neuter praeditum); first/second declension

1. (frequent, Classical Latin, construed with the ablative) endowed, gifted, or provided with, possessed of something (above others)
2. (post-Augustean, of a deity, construed with the dative) placed or set over, presiding over any thing

First/second declension.

• (endowed, gifted, provided with, possessed of): īnstrūctus, ōrnātus
• (of a deity: placed over, set over, presiding over): praepositus

• praedĭtus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praeditus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeditus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• praeditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be endowed with sense: sensibus praeditum esse
    
  • to be in a dignified position: summa dignitate praeditum esse
    
  • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio praeditus
    
  • to possess experience: usu praeditum esse
    
  • to be gifted, talented (not praeditum esse by itself): bona indole (always in sing.) praeditum esse
    
  • to possess rich mental endowments: summo ingenio praeditum esse
    
  • to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
    
  • to be endowed with reason: ratione praeditum esse, uti