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praeconium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From praecō +‎ -ium.

Noun

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praecōnium n (genitive praecōniī or praecōnī); second declension

  1. the office of a public crier or auctioneer
  2. a publishing or proclaiming

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative praecōnium praecōnia
genitive praecōniī
praecōnī1
praecōniōrum
dative praecōniō praecōniīs
accusative praecōnium praecōnia
ablative praecōniō praecōniīs
vocative praecōnium praecōnia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Adjective

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praecōnium

  1. inflection of praecōnius:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

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  • praeconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praeconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praeconium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • praeconium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praeconium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin