"prex" meaning in Latin

See prex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "precārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "precor"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "prece"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: prece",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: prece"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "prece"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: prece",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: prece"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*preks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *preks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to request, ask"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "precis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prece",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prex/prec<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "prex f (genitive precis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prex/prec<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "procō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "procor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "procāx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prayer; request"
      ],
      "id": "en-prex-la-noun-9V3uIvWR",
      "links": [
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vōtum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rogātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "precātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "petītiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "postulātum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-prex-la-noun-JIUPybsd",
      "links": [
        [
          "entreaty",
          "entreaty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rogātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "supplicium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/preks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[prɛks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/preks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[prɛks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prex"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "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-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "precārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "precor"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "prece"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: prece",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: prece"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "prece"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: prece",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: prece"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*preks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *preks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to request, ask"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "precis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prece",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prex/prec<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "prex f (genitive precis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prex/prec<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "procō"
    },
    {
      "word": "procor"
    },
    {
      "word": "procāx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prayer; request"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vōtum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rogātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "precātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "petītiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "postulātum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rogātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "supplicium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/preks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[prɛks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/preks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[prɛks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prex"
}

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