precor Latin · revision 6169

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *preḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈprɛ.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈprɛː.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''precor''' (present infinitive precārī, perfect active precātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[prex]] “prayer”, a root noun of [[ine-pro|*preḱ-|t=to ask]], the root of [[poscō]] and [[procus]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|पृच्छति|tr=pṛccháti|t=asks]], [[got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽|tr=fraihnan|t=to ask]] and [[de|fragen|t=to ask]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Livius Andronicus, who has someone pray for the riches he seeks.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to ask or pray for something, beg, implore, often in religious language, and to pray to or beseech a god, as Ennius' prayer to Venus born of the sea.^(OLD 2012) With two accusatives it meant to beg something of someone, and absolutely to pray.^(OLD 2012) It could wish good or evil on someone, and ''precor'' in parenthesis meant “I pray you”, as Virgil's ''Faune, precor, miserēre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein says [[rogō]] and [[ōrō]] are requests between equals, while ''precārī'' is the request of an inferior, a prayer.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ It survives in Italian ''pregare'' and French ''prier''.^(Wiktionary) Through Vulgar Latin *precāre and Old French ''preier'' it is the source of [[en|pray]], recorded in the early 13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of a prayer to Venus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses ''precor'' in a prayer to Faunus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 13th century – English ''pray'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To ask or pray for, beg, [[m|en|implore]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|pray]] to, [[m|en|beseech]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To beg (something) of (someone).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pray, make supplication.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''precor'': I pray you, please.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apprecor]]

+ * [[comprecor]]

+ * [[dēprecor]]

+ * [[imprecor]]

+ * [[precābundus]]

+ * [[precāmen]]

+ * [[precātiō]]

+ * [[precātīvus]]

+ * [[precātor]]

+ * [[precātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prex]]

+ * [[poscō]]

+ * [[en|pray]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}