praelectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praelegō (“lecture upon; sail along a coast”).

Participle

praelēctus (feminine praelēcta, neuter praelēctum); first/second-declension participle

1. read to others, having been read to others, recited, having been recited, set as an example in reading, having been set as an example in reading, lectured upon, having been lectured upon
2. sailed by, having been sailed by, skirted, having been skirted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praelēctus	praelēcta	praelēctum		praelēctī	praelēctae	praelēcta
Genitive	praelēctī	praelēctae	praelēctī		praelēctōrum	praelēctārum	praelēctōrum
Dative	praelēctō		praelēctō		praelēctīs
Accusative	praelēctum	praelēctam	praelēctum		praelēctōs	praelēctās	praelēcta
Ablative	praelēctō	praelēctā	praelēctō		praelēctīs
Vocative	praelēcte	praelēcta	praelēctum		praelēctī	praelēctae	praelēcta

References

• “praelectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praelectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.