praelectus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of praelegō (lecture upon; sail along a coast).

Participle

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praelēctus (feminine praelēcta, neuter praelēctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. read to others, having been read to others, recited, having been recited, set as an example in reading, having been set as an example in reading, lectured upon, having been lectured upon
  2. sailed by, having been sailed by, skirted, having been skirted

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  • praelectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praelectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.