praecipito
Contents
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”), from prae- (“before”) + caput (“head”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈki.pi.toː/, [prae̯ˈkɪ.pɪ.toː]
- IPA(key): /prɛˈt͡ʃi.pi.to/, [prɛˈt͡ʃiː.pi.to]
VerbEdit
praecipitō (present infinitive praecipitāre, perfect active praecipitāvī, supine praecipitātum); first conjugation
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- French: précipiter
- Italian: precipitare
- Portuguese: precipitar
- Spanish: precipitar
ReferencesEdit
- praecipito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praecipito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praecipito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- precipitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911