precarius

Latin

Etymology

From prex, precis +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /preˈkaː.ri.us/, [prɛˈkäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈka.ri.us/, [preˈkäːrius]

Adjective

precārius (feminine precāria, neuter precārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. related to entreaty or petition
2. obtained by entreaty or by mere favor
3. doubtful, uncertain, precarious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	precārius	precāria	precārium		precāriī	precāriae	precāria
Genitive	precāriī	precāriae	precāriī		precāriōrum	precāriārum	precāriōrum
Dative	precāriō		precāriō		precāriīs
Accusative	precārium	precāriam	precārium		precāriōs	precāriās	precāria
Ablative	precāriō	precāriā	precāriō		precāriīs
Vocative	precārie	precāria	precārium		precāriī	precāriae	precāria

Descendants

• Catalan: pregària
• → English: precarious
• Friulian: preiere
• Italian: precario

• Occitan: pregariá
• Old French: proiere
• Old Occitan: preguiera
  • → Italian: preghiera
• Portuguese: precário
• Sicilian: prijera
• Spanish: plegaria, precario

References

• “precarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “precarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• precarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “precarious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.