praecido
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈkiː.doː/
Verb
praecīdō (present infinitive praecīdere, perfect active praecīdī, supine praecīsum); third conjugation
- I cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate.
- I beat to pieces, batter, smash.
- (nautical) I cut off or across, avoid, sail straight.
- (of discourse) I cut short, abridge; I am brief; break off or finish abruptly.
- I break off, cut off, end, destroy.
- I deny flatly, refuse, decline.
Inflection
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: precidere
References
- praecido in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praecido in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praecido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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