praecedo

Latin

Etymology

prae- +‎ cēdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈkeː.doː/, [präe̯ˈkeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈt͡ʃe.do/, [preˈt͡ʃɛːd̪o]

Verb

praecēdō (present infinitive praecēdere, perfect active praecessī, supine praecessum); third conjugation

1. to precede (go before)

   Synonyms: antecēdō, praeeō, anteeō

2. to surpass or excel

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praecēdō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecēdō	praecēdis	praecēdit	praecēdimus	praecēditis	praecēdunt
	imperfect	praecēdēbam	praecēdēbās	praecēdēbat	praecēdēbāmus	praecēdēbātis	praecēdēbant
	future	praecēdam	praecēdēs	praecēdet	praecēdēmus	praecēdētis	praecēdent
	perfect	praecessī	praecessistī	praecessit	praecessimus	praecessistis	praecessērunt, praecessēre
	pluperfect	praecesseram	praecesserās	praecesserat	praecesserāmus	praecesserātis	praecesserant
	future perfect	praecesserō	praecesseris	praecesserit	praecesserimus	praecesseritis	praecesserint
passive	present	praecēdor	praecēderis, praecēdere	praecēditur	praecēdimur	praecēdiminī	praecēduntur
	imperfect	praecēdēbar	praecēdēbāris, praecēdēbāre	praecēdēbātur	praecēdēbāmur	praecēdēbāminī	praecēdēbantur
	future	praecēdar	praecēdēris, praecēdēre	praecēdētur	praecēdēmur	praecēdēminī	praecēdentur
	perfect	praecessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praecessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praecessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praecēdam	praecēdās	praecēdat	praecēdāmus	praecēdātis	praecēdant
imperfect	praecēderem	praecēderēs	praecēderet	praecēderēmus	praecēderētis	praecēderent
perfect	praecesserim	praecesserīs	praecesserit	praecesserīmus	praecesserītis	praecesserint
pluperfect	praecessissem	praecessissēs	praecessisset	praecessissēmus	praecessissētis	praecessissent
passive	present	praecēdar	praecēdāris, praecēdāre	praecēdātur	praecēdāmur	praecēdāminī	praecēdantur
imperfect	praecēderer	praecēderēris, praecēderēre	praecēderētur	praecēderēmur	praecēderēminī	praecēderentur
perfect	praecessus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	praecessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praecēde	—	—	praecēdite	—
	future	—	praecēditō	praecēditō	—	praecēditōte	praecēduntō
passive	present	—	praecēdere	—	—	praecēdiminī	—
	future	—	praecēditor	praecēditor	—	—	praecēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praecēdere	praecessisse	praecessūrum esse	praecēdī	praecessum esse	praecessum īrī
participles		praecēdēns	—	praecessūrus	—	praecessus	praecēdendus, praecēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praecēdendī	praecēdendō	praecēdendum	praecēdendō	praecessum	praecessū

Descendants

• Catalan: precedir
• English: precede
• English: precess
• Galician: preceder
• Italian: precedere
• Middle French: précéder
  • English: precede
  • French: précéder
• Portuguese: preceder
• Romanian: preceda, precede
• Spanish: preceder

References

• “praecedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praecedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praecedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• praecedo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016