praeceps
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯.kɛps]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛː.t͡ʃeps]
Adjective
[edit]praeceps (genitive praecipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- head first, headlong
- 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 605–606:
- DĀVUS: Sed eccum ipsum videō: occīdī! / Utinam mihi esset aliquid hīc quō nunc mē praecipitem darem!
- DAVUS: But look, [it’s he] himself, I see: I’m ruined! If only there was someplace here from which I could now throw myself headfirst!
(Here used adverbially or as a predicate adjective.)
- DAVUS: But look, [it’s he] himself, I see: I’m ruined! If only there was someplace here from which I could now throw myself headfirst!
- DĀVUS: Sed eccum ipsum videō: occīdī! / Utinam mihi esset aliquid hīc quō nunc mē praecipitem darem!
- steep, precipitous
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 38.23.1:
- Ruunt caeci per vias, per invia; nulla praecipitia saxa, nullae rupes obstant
- They rush blindly by roads, or without roads; no steep stones, no cliffs hinder them
- Ruunt caeci per vias, per invia; nulla praecipitia saxa, nullae rupes obstant
- (figuratively) hasty, rash, precipitate
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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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]- → Italian: precipite, ⇒ precipitoso
- → Portuguese: precípite
- ⇒ English: precipitous
Adverb
[edit]praeceps (not comparable)
Noun
[edit]praeceps n (genitive praecipitis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | praeceps | praecipitia |
genitive | praecipitis | praecipitium |
dative | praecipitī | praecipitibus |
accusative | praeceps | praecipitia |
ablative | praecipitī | praecipitibus |
vocative | praeceps | praecipitia |
Related terms
[edit]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)
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