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Latin
Etymology
From prec- (“prayer, request”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
precārius (feminine precāria, neuter precārium); first/second-declension adjective
- related to entreaty or petition
- obtained by entreaty or by mere favor
- doubtful, uncertain, precarious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “precarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “precarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- precarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “precarious”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.