present (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Now existing.1. praesens, ntis2. instans, ntis3. hic, haec, hoc (that among which we live, with which we are familiar)II. As gram. termIII. In view, before the face, in company • present (adj.): I. Now existing. 1. praesens, ntis: chiefly in certain phrr.: e. g. p. circumstances ("the present"), praesentia: Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63 (praeterita ... praesentia ... futura): Suet. At the p. time, praesenti tempore, Ov. F. 3, 478: more freq., without subs., in praesenti, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, fin. For the p., in praesens tempus: Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22 (opp. in posteritatem, by and bye): Hor. A. P. 44: also, without tempus: if for the p. fortune has forsaken us, si fortuna in praesens deseruit, Tac. H. 4, 58. Also instead of in praesenti or in praesens, in praesentia, Caes. B. G. 1, 15 (satis ... in praesentia, sufficient for the p.): Cic.: Nep. (N.B.--Impraesentiarum, though found, Cato, R. R. 144; Nep. Hann. 6; and one MS., Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49, is best avoided as an uncouth and questionable expression.) 2. instans, ntis: Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 105 (standing between factus [past], and futurus): Nep. Them. 1 (instantia = present circumstances, the present). 3. hic, haec, hoc (that among which we live, with which we are familiar): under p. circumstances, his temporibus, Cic. Fam. 13, 77: those who find fault with the p. state of affairs, qui haec vituperant, id. R. Am. 48, init.: the p. novel form of a novel trial, haec novi judicii nova forma, id. Mil. init. So hŏdiē, at the p. day; with adj. hodiernus: where the city is at the p. day, ubi hodie est urbs, Cic. Rep. 2, 2: Quint.: Tac.: down to the p. day, ad hodiernum diem, Cic. Br. 10, 39: Tac. Phr.: the men of the p. day, qui nunc sunt homines, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15: v. nowadays. II. As gram. term: the p. tense, praesens (tempus): Prisc. 8, 8: M. L.: also, instans tempus: Charis. III. In view, before the face, in company: praesens: Ter.: Cic. See also foll. art.