pravus, prava, pravum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
crooked; misshapen, deformed; perverse, vicious, corrupt; faulty; bad;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pravus | pravi |
| Gen. | pravi | pravorum |
| Dat. | pravo | — |
| Acc. | pravum | pravos |
| Voc. | prave | pravi |
| Abl. | pravo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | prava | pravae |
| Gen. | pravae | pravarum |
| Dat. | pravae | — |
| Acc. | pravam | pravas |
| Voc. | prava | pravae |
| Abl. | prava | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pravum | prava |
| Gen. | pravi | pravorum |
| Dat. | pravo | — |
| Acc. | pravum | prava |
| Voc. | pravum | prava |
| Abl. | pravo | — |
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...magis in quam videatur propensior. Est enim nonnumquam pravus hic ambitus, adversus amicos aut pro iis quibuscum simultates..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...faciant alieno. 'laedere gaudes' inquit 'et hoc studio pravus facis.' unde petitum hoc in me iacis? est auctor..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iniustus in pace rex, ita dux belli pravus fuit; quin ea arte aequasset superiores reges ni degeneratum..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sexcenties sestertium rei publicae largiri. Percrebuerat et tempestate pravus mos, cum propinquis comitiis aut sorte provinciarum plerique orbi..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...tractus, audax, callidus, promptus et, prout animum intendisset, pravus aut industrius, eadem vi. testamentum Titi Vinii magnitudine opum..."