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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la praeceps}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈkɪ.pɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈt͡ʃiː.pi.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''praecipitō''' (present infinitive praecipitāre, perfect active praecipitāvī, supine praecipitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|praeceps|-ō|t1=headlong]], from [[m|la|prae-]] and [[caput]] “head”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Plautus, of falling into a bad condition, and Cato, of bending down vine shoots.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to throw down headlong, precipitate, as in Cicero's ''sē ē Leucātā praecipitāre'' and Caesar's ''sē in flūmen''; to fall headlong, plunge, as in Lucretius; in farming to bend a vine shoot downwards, as in Cato; to bring down suddenly in rank or fortune; to fall into a bad condition, as in Plautus; to drive in headlong haste, as in Livy; and to rush headlong, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to cast or fall headlong.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of vine shoots.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of throwing down.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of rushing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To hurl down headlong, [[m|en|precipitate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(intransitive)'' To fall headlong, [[m|en|plunge]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(agriculture)'' To bend down (a vine shoot).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bring down (in rank or fortune).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To drive headlong, ''(intransitive)'' to rush headlong.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[praecipitantia]]
+ * [[praecipitātiō]]
+ * [[praecipitātus]]
+ * [[praecipitātor]]
+ * [[praecipitātum]]
+ * [[praecipitium]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[praeceps]]
+ * [[caput]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Lewis & Short give ''dēiciō'' and ''dēturbō'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}