precarius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prec- (“prayer, request”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /preˈkaː.ri.us/, [prɛˈkäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈka.ri.us/, [preˈkäːrius]
Adjective
[edit]precārius (feminine precāria, neuter precārium); first/second-declension adjective
- related to entreaty or petition
- obtained by entreaty or by mere favor
- doubtful, uncertain, precarious
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | precārius | precāria | precārium | precāriī | precāriae | precāria | |
| genitive | precāriī | precāriae | precāriī | precāriōrum | precāriārum | precāriōrum | |
| dative | precāriō | precāriae | precāriō | precāriīs | |||
| accusative | precārium | precāriam | precārium | precāriōs | precāriās | precāria | |
| ablative | precāriō | precāriā | precāriō | precāriīs | |||
| vocative | precārie | precāria | precārium | precāriī | precāriae | precāria | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: precari
- → English: precarious
- → French: précaire
- → Italian: precario
- → Occitan: precari
- → Portuguese: precário
- → Romanian: precar
- → Spanish: precario
References
[edit]- “precarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “precarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- precarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “precarious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.