prex
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From US college slang; from 1828.[1]
Noun[edit]
prex (plural prexes)
- A president, especially of a university.
Synonyms[edit]
- (president, especially of a university): prexy
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
prex (plural prexes)
References[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
prex f (genitive precis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
- The nominative singular, prex, and genitive singular, precis, are unattested in Classical Latin.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prex | precēs |
| genitive | precis | precum |
| dative | precī | precibus |
| accusative | precem | precēs |
| ablative | prece | precibus |
| vocative | prex | precēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- prex in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PREX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- prex in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to importune with petitions: precibus aliquem fatigare
- to grant a request: precibus obsequi
- to be influenced by, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty: magnis (infimis) precibus moveri
- to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius
- to pray to God: adhibere deo preces
- to pray: preces facere
- to importune with petitions: precibus aliquem fatigare