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+ {{homograph|1|bequeath beforehand}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Papinian|origins=la lēx}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈɫeː.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈlɛː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''praelēgō''' (present infinitive praelēgāre, perfect active praelēgāvī, supine praelēgātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb “to bequeath beforehand” is [[af|la|prae-|lēgō|t1=before|t2=to bequeath]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨lēgō⟩ is from [[m|la|lēx|t=law]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*lēg-]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Among the OLD's citations is the jurist Papinian, in the Digest.^(OLD 2012) Gaffiot cites Pliny the Elder.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Pliny the Elder 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was a legal term: to bequeath something to an heir before, and in addition to, his share in the general division of the estate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bequeath beforehand.^(Stelten 1995)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(law)'' To [[m|en|bequeath]] to an heir before the general division of the estate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[praelēgātiō]]
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+ {{homograph|2|read aloud; sail along}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livy|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈprae̯.ɫɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈprɛː.le.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''praelegō''' (present infinitive praelegere, perfect active praelēgī, supine praelēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb “to read aloud, sail along” is [[af|la|prae-|legō|t1=before|t2=to gather, read]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨legō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*leg-e-]], from [[ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Livy, of sailing along a coast.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ From the sense “pick out”, which the OLD and Gaffiot cite in Apuleius, it meant to sail along a coast, skirt, as in Livy and Tacitus; and to read before a class to explain it, read aloud, recite, as in Martial and Quintilian, whose teachers criticise the authors they read out.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to read to others, select, choose, and sail by or along.^(Stelten 1995) English ''prelect'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of sailing along a coast.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a teacher reading aloud.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of picking out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To pick out specially, [[m|en|select]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To sail along a coast, [[m|en|skirt]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To read before a class to explain it; to read aloud, [[m|en|recite]].^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[praelēctiō]]
+ * [[praelector]]
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[allegō]]
+ * [[colligō]]
+ * [[dīligō]]
+ * [[ēligō]]
+ * [[intellegō]]
+ * [[legō]]
+ * [[neglegō]]
+ * [[perlegō]]
+ * [[relegō]]
+ * [[sēligō]]
+ * [[en|prelect]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}