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praesēns entis (abl. of persons usu. ente; of things, entī), adj. with comp.

P. of praesum, at hand, in sight, present, in person : quia ades praesens, because you are here , T.: quo praesente, in whose presence : pauca praesenti consilio locutus, before a council of war , S.: tecum egi, in person : sermo, face to face : adgnoscere praesentia ora, i. e. in plain view , V.: hanc sibi videbit praesens praesentem eripi, T.: in rem praesentem venire, to the very spot : in re praesenti, on the spot , L.—Of time, present, contemporary, existing : res: non solum inopiā praesentis, sed etiam futuri temporis timore, Cs.: fortuna pristina viri, praesenti fortunae conlata, L.: praesenti bello, during hostilities , N.: et praesens aetas et posteritas, Cu.: praesens in tempus omittere, for the present , H.: praesenti tempore, now , O.—As subst n . (sc. tempus), the present : laetus in praesens animus, H.: haec in praesenti scripsi.—Plur, present circumstances, the present state of affairs : amor fastidio praesentium accensus est, Cu.Happening at once, immediate, instant, prompt, impending : praesens quod fuerat malum in diem abiit, T.: poena: tuā praesenti ope servata urbs, L.: pecunia, cash : praesentibus insidiis liberare, imminent : iam praesentior res erat, more imminent , L.Operating at once, instant, prompt, efficacious, powerful, influential : auxilium: non ulla magis praesens fortuna laborum est, more effective cure , V.: adeo iniuriae Samnitium quam benefici Romanorum memoria praesentior erat, L.: si quid praesentius audes, more effective , V.: o diva . . . Praesens vel tollere corpus, vel, etc., H.Present, collected, resolute : Animo virili praesentique esse, T.: si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens, V.: animus: praesentioribus animis, L.Present, aiding, favoring, propitious : deus, T.: praesentes saepe di vim suam declarant: Tu, dea, tu praesens, nostro succurre labori, V.

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