precarius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From prec- (“prayer, request”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /preˈkaː.ri.us/, [prɛˈkäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈka.ri.us/, [preˈkäːrius]
Adjective[edit]
precārius (feminine precāria, neuter precārium); first/second-declension adjective
- related to entreaty or petition
- obtained by entreaty or by mere favor
- doubtful, uncertain, precarious
Declension[edit]
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 | |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: precari
- → English: precarious
- → French: précaire
- → Italian: precario
- → Occitan: precari
- → Portuguese: precário
- → Romanian: precar
- → Spanish: precario
References[edit]
- “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.