praecox

English

Noun

praecox (uncountable)

1. dementia praecox
   • 1995, Elizabeth Lunbeck, The Psychiatric Persuasion

     Psychiatrists did not know the etiology of dementia praecox, but their working assumption was that the brains of praecox patients exhibited "demonstrable microscopic cortex changes" as well as "gross anatomical anomalies" […]

Anagrams

• exocarp

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Latin

Alternative forms

• praecoquus

Etymology

From praecoquō, from prae- + coquō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.koks/, [ˈprae̯.kɔks]

Adjective

praecox (genitive praecocis); third declension

1. ripe before its time; premature
2. precocious; untimely

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	praecox			praecocēs	praecocia
genitive	praecocis			praecocium
dative	praecocī			praecocibus
accusative	praecocem	praecox		praecocēs	praecocia
ablative	praecocī			praecocibus
vocative	praecox			praecocēs	praecocia

References

• praecox in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praecox” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)