praelectio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From praelēctus +‎ -tiō, from praelegō (read aloud).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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praelēctiō f (genitive praelēctiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of reading aloud
    • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria :
      et hercule praelectio quae in hoc adhibetur ut facile atque distincte pueri scripta oculis sequantur
      and indeed reading aloud, which is to be employed, so that the boys can easily and clearly follow the writing with their eyes[1]

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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  • English: prelection

References

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  1. ^ “Why did Roman authors never feel a need for word spacing?”, in Latin Language[1], 2017 February 19