praecello

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prae- +‎ *cellō (“to rise”), one lost verb whose participle is celsus, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈkel.loː/, [präe̯ˈkɛlːʲoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈt͡ʃel.lo/, [preˈt͡ʃɛlːo]

Verb edit

praecellō (present infinitive praecellere, perfect active praeculī, supine praecelsum); third conjugation

(transitive) to surpass, outdo
to excel (with per or ablative)

Conjugation edit

Note: This verb seems to have sometimes been treated as a second-conjugation verb by ancient writers.

Conjugation of praecellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecellō	praecellis	praecellit	praecellimus	praecellitis	praecellunt
	imperfect	praecellēbam	praecellēbās	praecellēbat	praecellēbāmus	praecellēbātis	praecellēbant
	future	praecellam	praecellēs	praecellet	praecellēmus	praecellētis	praecellent
	perfect	praeculī	praeculistī	praeculit	praeculimus	praeculistis	praeculērunt, praeculēre
	pluperfect	praeculeram	praeculerās	praeculerat	praeculerāmus	praeculerātis	praeculerant
	future perfect	praeculerō	praeculeris	praeculerit	praeculerimus	praeculeritis	praeculerint
passive	present	praecellor	praecelleris, praecellere	praecellitur	praecellimur	praecelliminī	praecelluntur
	imperfect	praecellēbar	praecellēbāris, praecellēbāre	praecellēbātur	praecellēbāmur	praecellēbāminī	praecellēbantur
	future	praecellar	praecellēris, praecellēre	praecellētur	praecellēmur	praecellēminī	praecellentur
	perfect	praecelsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praecelsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praecelsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecellam	praecellās	praecellat	praecellāmus	praecellātis	praecellant
	imperfect	praecellerem	praecellerēs	praecelleret	praecellerēmus	praecellerētis	praecellerent
	perfect	praeculerim	praeculerīs	praeculerit	praeculerīmus	praeculerītis	praeculerint
	pluperfect	praeculissem	praeculissēs	praeculisset	praeculissēmus	praeculissētis	praeculissent
passive	present	praecellar	praecellāris, praecellāre	praecellātur	praecellāmur	praecellāminī	praecellantur
	imperfect	praecellerer	praecellerēris, praecellerēre	praecellerētur	praecellerēmur	praecellerēminī	praecellerentur
	perfect	praecelsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praecelsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praecelle	—	—	praecellite	—
active	future	—	praecellitō	praecellitō	—	praecellitōte	praecelluntō
passive	present	—	praecellere	—	—	praecelliminī	—
passive	future	—	praecellitor	praecellitor	—	—	praecelluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praecellere	praeculisse	praecelsūrum esse	praecellī	praecelsum esse	praecelsum īrī
participles		praecellēns	—	praecelsūrus	—	praecelsus	praecellendus, praecellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praecellendī	praecellendō	praecellendum	praecellendō	praecelsum	praecelsū

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

English: precel
French: préceller

References edit

“praecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“praecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
praecello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.