praeceps
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.keps/, [ˈpräe̯kɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈprɛːt͡ʃeps]
Adjective
[edit]praeceps (genitive praecipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | praeceps | praecipitēs | praecipitia | ||
Genitive | praecipitis | praecipitium | |||
Dative | praecipitī | praecipitibus | |||
Accusative | praecipitem | praeceps | praecipitēs | praecipitia | |
Ablative | praecipitī | praecipitibus | |||
Vocative | praeceps | praecipitēs | praecipitia |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: precipitous
- Portuguese: precípite
Adverb
[edit]praeceps (not comparable)
Noun
[edit]praeceps n (genitive praecipitis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | praeceps | praecipita |
Genitive | praecipitis | praecipitum |
Dative | praecipitī | praecipitibus |
Accusative | praeceps | praecipita |
Ablative | praecipite | praecipitibus |
Vocative | praeceps | praecipita |
Descendants
[edit]- English: precipice
References
[edit]- “praeceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fall down headlong: praecipitem ire; in praeceps deferri
- to bring a man to ruin; to destroy: aliquem affligere, perdere, pessumdare, in praeceps dare
- to be ruined, undone: praecipitem agi, ire
- to be short-tempered; to be prone to anger: praecipitem in iram esse (Liv. 23. 7)
- to be carried away by something: praecipitem ferri aliqua re (Verr. 5. 46. 121)
- headlong flight: fuga effusa, praeceps (Liv. 30. 5)
- to flee headlong: praecipitem se fugae mandare
- to fall down headlong: praecipitem ire; in praeceps deferri
Categories:
- Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (headed)
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Latin third declension adjectives of one termination
- Latin adverbs
- Latin uncomparable adverbs
- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the third declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook