praecello Latin · revision 10008

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kelH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈkɛl.loː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈt͡ʃɛl.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praecellō''' (present infinitive praecellere, perfect active praeculī or praecelluī, supine praecelsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has a present ''praecellet'', as if of the second conjugation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|prae-]] and a lost verb ⟨*cellō⟩ “to rise”, whose participle is [[celsus]] “high”, from [[itc-pro|*kelnō]], [[ine-pro|*kelH-|t=to rise]], the root of [[collis]] and [[columen]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Lewis & Short cite Plautus' ''Pseudolus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be superior to others, excel, be pre-eminent, and transitively to surpass.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to excel, surpass, exceed.^(Stelten 1995) English ''precel'' and French ''préceller'' are from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|excel]], be pre-eminent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|surpass]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praecellentia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[antecellō]]

+ * [[excellō]]

+ * [[celsus]]

+ * [[excelsus]]

+ * [[praecelsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}