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Latin
Etymology 1
From prae- (“before, in front”) + dicō (“dedicate, assign to”).
Pronunciation
Verb
praedicō (present infinitive praedicāre, perfect active praedicāvī, supine praedicātum); first conjugation
- to proclaim, declare publicly
- Synonyms: indīcō, nū̆ncupō, prōdō, renūntiō, nūntiō, dēnūntiō, adnūntiō, ēdīcō, profiteor, referō, cōntiōnor
- to announce, make known
- to praise, commend, extol
- Synonyms: laudō, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, efferō, augeō, admīror, intueor
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) to preach the gospel
- (philosophy) to predicate
- Et ideo in rebus, ex materia et forma compositis, essentia non est omnino idem quod subiectum; unde non prædicatur de subiecto: non enim dicitur quod Socrates sit una humanitas. -Sanctus Thomas Aquinas, Quæstiones de Potentia Dei, Q9, A1 | And therefore in things, from matter and form composite, essence is not altogether the same as the subject; whence it can not be predicated concerning the subject: for it is not said that Socrates might be the one human-nature.
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Etymology 2
From prae- (“before, in front”) + dīcō (“say, tell”).
Pronunciation
Verb
praedīcō (present infinitive praedīcere, perfect active praedīxī, supine praedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative
- to foretell, predict
- Synonyms: vāticinor, praesāgiō, canō, praemoneō, portendō, moneō
- to notify, give warning of, admonish, charge with what should be done
- Synonyms: moneō, admoneō, praecipiō, condicō
- to advise
- Synonyms: suādeō, commendō, cēnseō, conciliō, moneō, admoneō, dēlīberō
- to announce at an auction
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References
- “praedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praedico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare
- to consider happy: aliquem beatum praedicare
- without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum