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Noun [English]

Forms: prexes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛks Etymology: From US college slang; from 1828. Head templates: {{en-noun}} prex (plural prexes)
  1. (US, university slang) A president, especially of a university. Tags: US Categories (topical): Universities Synonyms (president, especially of a university): prexy
    Sense id: en-prex-en-noun-uJil46Kj Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 74 5 15 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 5 15 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: prexes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛks Head templates: {{en-noun}} prex (plural prexes)
  1. Abbreviation of prefix. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: prefix
    Sense id: en-prex-en-noun-fLoS48Ch
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /preks/ [Classical-Latin], [prɛks̠] [Classical-Latin], /preks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [prɛks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*preḱ-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*preks}} Proto-Italic *preks, {{der|la|ine-pro|*preḱ-||to request, ask}} Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”) Head templates: {{la-noun|prex/prec<3>|g=f}} prex f (genitive precis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|prex/prec<3>}} Forms: precis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], prex [nominative, singular], precēs [nominative, plural], precis [genitive, singular], precum [genitive, plural], precī [dative, singular], precibus [dative, plural], precem [accusative, singular], precēs [accusative, plural], prece [ablative, singular], precibus [ablative, plural], prex [singular, vocative], precēs [plural, vocative]
  1. prayer; request Tags: declension-3, feminine Synonyms: vōtum, rogātiō, precātiō, petītiō, postulātum
    Sense id: en-prex-la-noun-9V3uIvWR Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 52 48
  2. entreaty Tags: declension-3, feminine Synonyms: rogātiō, supplicium
    Sense id: en-prex-la-noun-JIUPybsd Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: precārius, precor Related terms: procō, procor, procāx

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From US college slang; from 1828.",
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      "text": "Italian: prece"
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      "form": "precis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "precum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "precī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "precem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "prece",
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      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "prex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
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    },
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      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "procō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "procor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
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      "id": "en-prex-la-noun-9V3uIvWR",
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          "word": "vōtum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rogātiō"
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        {
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          "word": "petītiō"
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          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.15",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[prɛks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ-",
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
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    {
      "form": "precis",
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    },
    {
      "form": "precum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "precī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "precem",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "precēs",
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    {
      "form": "prece",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
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      "expansion": "prex f (genitive precis); third declension",
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  ],
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "procō"
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      "word": "procor"
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  "senses": [
    {
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        "prayer; request"
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        [
          "prayer",
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        [
          "request",
          "request"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "vōtum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rogātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "precātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "petītiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "postulātum"
        }
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "then retired, both by entreaties of themselves or by compassion of the crowd",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.15",
          "text": "post concedente et precibus ipsorum et misericordia vulgi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "entreaty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entreaty",
          "entreaty"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "rogātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "supplicium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/preks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[prɛks̠]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/preks/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[prɛks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prex"
}

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