praeco

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from prae + vōx.

Noun

praecō m (genitive praecōnis); third declension

1. herald, crier

   Synonyms: nūntius, internūntia

2. auctioneer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praecō	praecōnēs
Genitive	praecōnis	praecōnum
Dative	praecōnī	praecōnibus
Accusative	praecōnem	praecōnēs
Ablative	praecōne	praecōnibus
Vocative	praecō	praecōnēs

Derived terms

• praecōnor
• praecōnium
• praecōnius

Descendants

• Old Portuguese: pregon
  • Galician: pregón
  • Portuguese: pregão
• Spanish: pregón
  • → Catalan: pregó

References

• “praeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• praeco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “praeco”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “praeco”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin