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Latin
Etymology
From prae- + petō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
praepes (genitive praepetis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
- swift (of flight), rapid
- Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais, liber VI. In: Statius with an English translation by J. H. Mozley, vol. II of two volumes, 1928, p. 82f.:
- dic inclyta, Phoebe, regentum
nomina, die ipsos ; neque enim generosior umquam
alipedum conlata acies, ceu praepete cursu
confligant densae volucres aut litore in uno
Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis.
- Tell, O Phoebus, the drivers' famous names, tell of the steeds themselves ; for never did nobler array of wing-footed coursers meet in conflict : even as serried ranks of birds compete in swift course or on a single shore Aeolus appoints a contest for the wild winds.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Hippolytus/Phaedra. In: Seneca's Tragedies with an English translation by Frank Justus Miller, vol. I of two, 1917, p. 404f.:
- ut cepit animos seque praetemptans satis
prolusit irae, praepeti cursu evolat,
summam citato vix gradu tangens humum,
et torva currus ante trepidantis stetit.
- When he has gained his spirit, and with full trial rehearsed his wrath, he darts forth, running swiftly, scarce touching the surface of the ground with flying feet, and stands, in grim menace, before the trembling steeds.
- Decimus Magnus Ausonius. In: Ausonius with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn White, vol. I of two, 1919, p. 24f.:
- Puer, notarum praepetum
sollers minister, advola.
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- winged
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
References
- “praepes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praepes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praepes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1223.
- Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for schools and colleges founded on comparative grammar, edited by J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard and Benj. L. D'Ooge, 1903, p. 54: "The following have regularly -ī: praepes ." and "Always in praepes ."