praecurro Latin · revision 31895

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kr̥s-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈkʊr.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈkur.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praecurrō''' (present infinitive praecurrere, perfect active praecurrī or praecucurrī, supine praecursum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is ''praecucurrī'', also ''praecurrī'' in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prae-|currō|t2=to run]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|currō]] to [[itc-pro|*korse/o-|t=to run]] and [[ine-pro|*kr̥s-e/o-|t=to run]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἐπίκουρος|tr=epíkouros|t=helper]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “you secretly ran on ahead by another way”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to run ahead of others, and with an object to run in front of, as Seneca's Numidian cavalry.^(OLD 2012) It also means to come first or precede, as Seneca's signs that precede an animal's attack, and to anticipate or forestall, as Lucretius' “I am forced to forestall what some imagine”.^(OLD 2012) Inscriptions use it of fate overtaking someone and of dying first.^(OLD 2012) It also means to surpass or take precedence, as Cicero's two orators who were older than Isocrates.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “run before, take precedence over”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of running ahead.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of forestalling an objection.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of being older than someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of cavalry running ahead and of warning signs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To run ahead, hurry on before; to run in front of.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To come first, [[m|en|precede]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|anticipate]], [[m|en|forestall]]; to die first.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|surpass]], outstrip; to take precedence.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praecursator]]

+ * [[praecursiō]]

+ * [[praecursor]]

+ * [[praecursus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[curro|alt=currō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}