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Latin
Etymology
From prae- + *cellō (“to rise”), one lost verb whose participle is celsus, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).
Pronunciation
Verb
praecellō (present infinitive praecellere, perfect active praeculī, supine praecelsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to surpass, outdo
- to excel (with per or ablative)
Conjugation
- Note: This verb seems to have sometimes been treated as a second-conjugation verb by ancient writers.
Descendants
References
- “praecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praecello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.