praecurro

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Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ currō.

Pronunciation

Verb

praecurrō (present infinitive praecurrere, perfect active praecurrī or praecucurrī, supine praecursum); third conjugation

  1. to run before
  2. to precede
  3. to surpass

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praecurrō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praecurrō praecurris praecurrit praecurrimus praecurritis praecurrunt
imperfect praecurrēbam praecurrēbās praecurrēbat praecurrēbāmus praecurrēbātis praecurrēbant
future praecurram praecurrēs praecurret praecurrēmus praecurrētis praecurrent
perfect praecurrī,
praecucurrī 		praecurristī,
praecucurristī 		praecurrit,
praecucurrit 		praecurrimus,
praecucurrimus 		praecurristis,
praecucurristis 		praecurrērunt,
praecurrēre,
praecucurrērunt,
praecucurrēre
pluperfect praecurreram,
praecucurreram 		praecurrerās,
praecucurrerās 		praecurrerat,
praecucurrerat 		praecurrerāmus,
praecucurrerāmus 		praecurrerātis,
praecucurrerātis 		praecurrerant,
praecucurrerant
future perfect praecurrerō,
praecucurrerō 		praecurreris,
praecucurreris 		praecurrerit,
praecucurrerit 		praecurrerimus,
praecucurrerimus 		praecurreritis,
praecucurreritis 		praecurrerint,
praecucurrerint
passive present praecurror praecurreris,
praecurrere 		praecurritur praecurrimur praecurriminī praecurruntur
imperfect praecurrēbar praecurrēbāris,
praecurrēbāre 		praecurrēbātur praecurrēbāmur praecurrēbāminī praecurrēbantur
future praecurrar praecurrēris,
praecurrēre 		praecurrētur praecurrēmur praecurrēminī praecurrentur
perfect praecursus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praecursus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praecursus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praecurram praecurrās praecurrat praecurrāmus praecurrātis praecurrant
imperfect praecurrerem praecurrerēs praecurreret praecurrerēmus praecurrerētis praecurrerent
perfect praecurrerim,
praecucurrerim 		praecurrerīs,
praecucurrerīs 		praecurrerit,
praecucurrerit 		praecurrerīmus,
praecucurrerīmus 		praecurrerītis,
praecucurrerītis 		praecurrerint,
praecucurrerint
pluperfect praecurrissem,
praecucurrissem 		praecurrissēs,
praecucurrissēs 		praecurrisset,
praecucurrisset 		praecurrissēmus,
praecucurrissēmus 		praecurrissētis,
praecucurrissētis 		praecurrissent,
praecucurrissent
passive present praecurrar praecurrāris,
praecurrāre 		praecurrātur praecurrāmur praecurrāminī praecurrantur
imperfect praecurrerer praecurrerēris,
praecurrerēre 		praecurrerētur praecurrerēmur praecurrerēminī praecurrerentur
perfect praecursus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praecursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praecurre — — praecurrite —
future — praecurritō praecurritō — praecurritōte praecurruntō
passive present — praecurrere — — praecurriminī —
future — praecurritor praecurritor — — praecurruntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praecurrere praecurrisse,
praecucurrisse 		praecursūrum esse praecurrī praecursum esse praecursum īrī
participles praecurrēns — praecursūrus — praecursus praecurrendus,
praecurrundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praecurrendī praecurrendō praecurrendum praecurrendō praecursum praecursū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: precorrere

References

  • “praecurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praecurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praecurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to overtake and pass some one: praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)
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