From prex (“request, petition, prayer”).
Cognate with Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛcchati, “to ask”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan, “to ask”), Old English freġnan, friġnan (“to ask, inquire, learn”), German fragen, Dutch vragen and Russian просить (prositʹ, “to ask, implore, request”). More at frain.
precor (present infinitive precārī, perfect active precātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
active | present | precor | precāris, precāre |
precātur | precāmur | precāminī | precantur | ||||||
imperfect | precābar | precābāris, precābāre |
precābātur | precābāmur | precābāminī | precābantur | |||||||
future | precābor | precāberis, precābere |
precābitur | precābimur | precābiminī | precābuntur | |||||||
perfect | precātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
pluperfect | precātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
future perfect | precātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
active | present | precer | precēris, precēre |
precētur | precēmur | precēminī | precentur | ||||||
imperfect | precārer | precārēris, precārēre |
precārētur | precārēmur | precārēminī | precārentur | |||||||
perfect | precātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
pluperfect | precātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
active | present | — | precāre | — | — | precāminī | — | ||||||
future | — | precātor | precātor | — | — | precantor | |||||||
non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
present | precārī | — | precāns | — | |||||||||
future | precātūrum esse | — | precātūrus | precandus | |||||||||
perfect | precātum esse | — | precātus | — | |||||||||
future perfect | precātum fore | — | — | — | |||||||||
perfect potential | precātūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
precandī | precandō | precandum | precandō | precātum | precātū |