"praeceps" meaning in Latin

See praeceps in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈprae̯.kɛps] [Classical-Latin], [ˈprɛː.t͡ʃeps] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin prae substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *-is Proto-Italic *-kaputis Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin praeceps From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|prae<t:before>|-ceps<t:headed><id:headed>|text=+|title=praeceps|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin prae substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *-is Proto-Italic *-kaputis Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin praeceps [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "seize", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kap-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kap-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*káput", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kaput", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kaputis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-cipes", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ceps", "gloss" : "headed", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "praeceps", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="praeceps"> From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”). Head templates: {{la-adj|praeceps}} praeceps (genitive praecipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|praeceps}} Forms: praecipitis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], praeceps [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], praecipitēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], praecipitia [neuter, nominative, plural], praecipitis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], praecipitium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], praecipitī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], praecipitibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], praecipitem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], praeceps [accusative, neuter, singular], praecipitīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], praecipitēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], praecipitia [accusative, neuter, plural], praecipitī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], praecipite [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], praecipitibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], praeceps [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], praecipitēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], praecipitia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. head first, headlong Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-praeceps-la-adj-jloN56DH Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (headed), Latin third declension adjectives of one termination, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 64 10 0 9 6 10 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 64 10 0 9 6 10 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 90 3 0 0 3 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 77 6 1 7 4 5 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 26 3 16 20 23 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (headed): 49 14 2 13 9 13 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 18 23 11 23 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 67 9 0 8 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 4 0 4 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 4 0 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 63 10 0 10 7 11 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 68 9 0 8 6 9
  2. steep, precipitous Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-praeceps-la-adj-RjbBrU0h Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 26 3 16 20 23 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 18 23 11 23 13 12
  3. (figuratively) hasty, rash, precipitate Tags: declension-3, figuratively, one-termination
    Sense id: en-praeceps-la-adj-sWTPVPIG Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 18 23 11 23 13 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: praecipitō

Adverb

IPA: [ˈprae̯.kɛps] [Classical-Latin], [ˈprɛː.t͡ʃeps] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin prae substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *-is Proto-Italic *-kaputis Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin praeceps From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|prae<t:before>|-ceps<t:headed><id:headed>|text=+|title=praeceps|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin prae substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *-is Proto-Italic *-kaputis Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin praeceps [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "seize", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kap-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kap-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*káput", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kaput", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kaputis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-cipes", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ceps", "gloss" : "headed", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "praeceps", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="praeceps"> From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”). Head templates: {{la-adv|praeceps|-}} praeceps (not comparable)
  1. headlong Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-praeceps-la-adv-NBHWnTBe Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 26 3 16 20 23 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 18 23 11 23 13 12

Noun

IPA: [ˈprae̯.kɛps] [Classical-Latin], [ˈprɛː.t͡ʃeps] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin prae substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *-is Proto-Italic *-kaputis Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin praeceps From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|prae<t:before>|-ceps<t:headed><id:headed>|text=+|title=praeceps|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin prae substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *-is Proto-Italic *-kaputis Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin praeceps [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "seize", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kap-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kap-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*káput", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kaput", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kaputis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-cipes", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ceps", "gloss" : "headed", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "praeceps", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="praeceps"> From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”). Head templates: {{la-noun|praeceps<3.N>}} praeceps n (genitive praecipitis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|praeceps<3.N.I.pure>}} Forms: praecipitis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], praeceps [nominative, singular], praecipitia [nominative, plural], praecipitis [genitive, singular], praecipitium [genitive, plural], praecipitī [dative, singular], praecipitibus [dative, plural], praeceps [accusative, singular], praecipitia [accusative, plural], praecipitī [ablative, singular], praecipitibus [ablative, plural], praeceps [singular, vocative], praecipitia [plural, vocative]
  1. a precipice, steep place Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-praeceps-la-noun-~xiFYXHM Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 26 3 16 20 23 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 18 23 11 23 13 12
  2. extreme danger Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-praeceps-la-noun-9rW1D0vq Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 11 26 3 16 20 23 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 18 23 11 23 13 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: praecipitium

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "it",
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          "english": "DAVUS: But look, [it’s he] himself, I see: I’m ruined! If only there was someplace here from which I could now throw myself headfirst!\n(Here used adverbially or as a predicate adjective.)",
          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 605–606",
          "text": "DĀVUS: Sed eccum ipsum videō: occīdī! / Utinam mihi esset aliquid hīc quō nunc mē praecipitem darem!",
          "translation": "DAVUS: But look, [it’s he] himself, I see: I’m ruined! If only there was someplace here from which I could now throw myself headfirst!\n(Here used adverbially or as a predicate adjective.)",
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          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 605–606",
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