praecanto
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
prae- (“before”) + cantō (“I sing”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈkan.toː/, [präe̯ˈkän̪t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈkan.to/, [preˈkän̪t̪o]
Verb[edit]
praecantō (present infinitive praecantāre, perfect active praecantāvī, supine praecantātum); first conjugation
- (pre-Classical) to foretell, prophesy
- (post-Augustan) to enchant, bewitch
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
- “praecanto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praecanto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.