praecedo Latin · revision 7723

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Caesar|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈt͡ʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praecēdō''' (present infinitive praecēdere, perfect active praecessī, supine praecessum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[prae-]] “before” and [[cēdō]] “to go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short say it seems not to occur in Cicero, Nepos, Tacitus or Sallust, and only once in Caesar, who uses it of the Helvetii excelling the other Gauls.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Caesar about 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go in front, go ahead of, precede, as in Virgil and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Celsus it meant to come earlier in time, and in Seneca to anticipate.^(OLD 2012) In Quintilian it meant to come before in a sequence, in Pliny the Elder and Caesar to excel, and in Livy to surpass.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Gaius it meant to take precedence, rank before.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to go before, precede, prepare.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''precedere'' and French ''précéder'', and [[en|precede]] came in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Late Latin ''praecessiō'' gave [[en|precession]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of excelling.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of going ahead.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of coming earlier.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''precede'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go before, [[m|en|precede]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To come earlier; to anticipate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To come before in a sequence.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|excel]], surpass.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take precedence.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praecessor]]

+ * [[praecīdāneus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēdō]]

+ * [[en|precede]]

+ * [[en|precedent]]

+ * [[en|precession]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}