praecipito

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Latin

Etymology

From praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”), from prae- (“before”) +‎ caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈki.pi.toː/, [prae̯ˈkɪ.pɪ.toː]
• IPA^(key): /prɛˈt͡ʃi.pi.to/, [prɛˈt͡ʃiː.pi.to]

Verb

praecipitō (present infinitive praecipitāre, perfect active praecipitāvī, supine praecipitātum); first conjugation

1. I cast down; I throw headlong.

Inflection

Conjugation of praecipito (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecipitō	praecipitās	praecipitat	praecipitāmus	praecipitātis	praecipitant
	imperfect	praecipitābam	praecipitābās	praecipitābat	praecipitābāmus	praecipitābātis	praecipitābant
	future	praecipitābō	praecipitābis	praecipitābit	praecipitābimus	praecipitābitis	praecipitābunt
	perfect	praecipitāvī	praecipitāvistī	praecipitāvit	praecipitāvimus	praecipitāvistis	praecipitāvērunt, praecipitāvēre
	pluperfect	praecipitāveram	praecipitāverās	praecipitāverat	praecipitāverāmus	praecipitāverātis	praecipitāverant
	future perfect	praecipitāverō	praecipitāveris	praecipitāverit	praecipitāverimus	praecipitāveritis	praecipitāverint
passive	present	praecipitor	praecipitāris, praecipitāre	praecipitātur	praecipitāmur	praecipitāminī	praecipitantur
	imperfect	praecipitābar	praecipitābāris, praecipitābāre	praecipitābātur	praecipitābāmur	praecipitābāminī	praecipitābantur
	future	praecipitābor	praecipitāberis, praecipitābere	praecipitābitur	praecipitābimur	praecipitābiminī	praecipitābuntur
	perfect	praecipitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praecipitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praecipitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecipitem	praecipitēs	praecipitet	praecipitēmus	praecipitētis	praecipitent
	imperfect	praecipitārem	praecipitārēs	praecipitāret	praecipitārēmus	praecipitārētis	praecipitārent
	perfect	praecipitāverim	praecipitāverīs	praecipitāverit	praecipitāverimus	praecipitāveritis	praecipitāverint
	pluperfect	praecipitāvissem	praecipitāvissēs	praecipitāvisset	praecipitāvissēmus	praecipitāvissētis	praecipitāvissent
passive	present	praecipiter	praecipitēris, praecipitēre	praecipitētur	praecipitēmur	praecipitēminī	praecipitentur
	imperfect	praecipitārer	praecipitārēris, praecipitārēre	praecipitārētur	praecipitārēmur	praecipitārēminī	praecipitārentur
	perfect	praecipitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praecipitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praecipitā	—	—	praecipitāte	—
	future	—	praecipitātō	praecipitātō	—	praecipitātōte	praecipitantō
passive	present	—	praecipitāre	—	—	praecipitāminī	—
	future	—	praecipitātor	praecipitātor	—	—	praecipitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praecipitāre	praecipitāvisse	praecipitātūrus esse	praecipitārī	praecipitātus esse	praecipitātum īrī
participles		praecipitāns	—	praecipitātūrus	—	praecipitātus	praecipitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		praecipitāre	praecipitandī	praecipitandō	praecipitandum	praecipitātum	praecipitātū

Derived terms

• praecipitāns
• praecipitātiō
• praecipitātor
• praecipitium

Descendants

• French: précipiter
• Italian: precipitare
• Portuguese: precipitar
• Spanish: precipitar

References

• 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)
    
• precipitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.