prex

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From US college slang; from 1828.

Noun

prex (plural prexes)

  1. (US, university slang) A president, especially of a university.
Synonyms
  • (president, especially of a university): prexy

Etymology 2

Noun

prex (plural prexes)

  1. Abbreviation of prefix.

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “prex”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).

Pronunciation

Noun

prex f (genitive precis); third declension

  1. prayer; request
    Synonyms: vōtum, rogātiō, precātiō, petītiō, postulātum
  2. entreaty
    Synonyms: rogātiō, supplicium

Declension

  • The nominative singular, prex, and genitive singular, precis, are unattested in Classical Latin.

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prex precēs
Genitive precis precum
Dative precī precibus
Accusative precem precēs
Ablative prece precibus
Vocative prex precēs

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Italian: prece
  • Portuguese: prece

References

  • “prex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “prex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • prex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • prex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to importune with petitions: precibus aliquem fatigare
    • to grant a request: precibus obsequi
    • to be influenced by, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty: magnis (infimis) precibus moveri
    • to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius
    • to pray to God: adhibere deo preces
    • to pray: preces facere
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