Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of prōvehō.

Participle

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prōvectus (feminine prōvecta, neuter prōvectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. carried or conducted forward or along
  2. advanced, developed

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative prōvectus prōvecta prōvectum prōvectī prōvectae prōvecta
genitive prōvectī prōvectae prōvectī prōvectōrum prōvectārum prōvectōrum
dative prōvectō prōvectae prōvectō prōvectīs
accusative prōvectum prōvectam prōvectum prōvectōs prōvectās prōvecta
ablative prōvectō prōvectā prōvectō prōvectīs
vocative prōvecte prōvecta prōvectum prōvectī prōvectae prōvecta

Descendants

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  • Italian: provetto
  • Portuguese: provecto
  • Spanish: provecto

References

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  • provectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • provectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be advanced in years: aetate provectum esse (not aetate provecta)
    • to be more advanced in years: longius aetate provectum esse
    • my zeal for a thing has led me too far: studio alicuius rei provectus sum