praelectus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praelegō (“lecture upon; sail along a coast”).

Participle

praelēctus (feminine praelēcta, neuter praelēctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. read to others, having been read to others, recited, having been recited, set as an example in reading, having been set as an example in reading, lectured upon, having been lectured upon
  2. sailed by, having been sailed by, skirted, having been skirted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative praelēctus praelēcta praelēctum praelēctī praelēctae praelēcta
genitive praelēctī praelēctae praelēctī praelēctōrum praelēctārum praelēctōrum
dative praelēctō praelēctae praelēctō praelēctīs
accusative praelēctum praelēctam praelēctum praelēctōs praelēctās praelēcta
ablative praelēctō praelēctā praelēctō praelēctīs
vocative praelēcte praelēcta praelēctum praelēctī praelēctae praelēcta

References

  • “praelectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praelectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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