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Latin
Etymology
From praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”), from prae- (“before”) + caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈki.pi.toː/,
Verb
praecipitō (present infinitive praecipitāre, perfect active praecipitāvī, supine praecipitātum); first conjugation
- to cast down; to throw headlong
- to precipitate
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References
- “praecipito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praecipito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praecipito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
- “precipitate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.