praecipito

Latin

Etymology

From praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”) +‎ -ō, from prae- (“before”) +‎ caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈkɪ.pɪ.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈt͡ʃiː.pi.t̪o]

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈkɪ.pɪ.toː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈt͡ʃiː.pi.t̪o]

Verb

praecipitō (present infinitive praecipitāre, perfect active praecipitāvī, supine praecipitātum); first conjugation

to cast down; to throw headlong
to precipitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of praecipitō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	praecipitō	praecipitās		praecipitat	praecipitāmus	praecipitātis		praecipitant
	imperfect	praecipitābam	praecipitābās		praecipitābat	praecipitābāmus	praecipitābātis		praecipitābant
	future	praecipitābō	praecipitābis		praecipitābit	praecipitābimus	praecipitābitis		praecipitābunt
	perfect	praecipitāvī	praecipitāvistī		praecipitāvit	praecipitāvimus	praecipitāvistis		praecipitāvērunt, praecipitāvēre
	pluperfect	praecipitāveram	praecipitāverās		praecipitāverat	praecipitāverāmus	praecipitāverātis		praecipitāverant
	future perfect	praecipitāverō	praecipitāveris		praecipitāverit	praecipitāverimus	praecipitāveritis		praecipitāverint
passive	present	praecipitor	praecipitāris, praecipitāre		praecipitātur	praecipitāmur	praecipitāminī		praecipitantur
	imperfect	praecipitābar	praecipitābāris, praecipitābāre		praecipitābātur	praecipitābāmur	praecipitābāminī		praecipitābantur
	future	praecipitābor	praecipitāberis, praecipitābere		praecipitābitur	praecipitābimur	praecipitābiminī		praecipitābuntur
	perfect	praecipitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praecipitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praecipitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	praecipitem	praecipitēs		praecipitet	praecipitēmus	praecipitētis		praecipitent
	imperfect	praecipitārem	praecipitārēs		praecipitāret	praecipitārēmus	praecipitārētis		praecipitārent
	perfect	praecipitāverim	praecipitāverīs		praecipitāverit	praecipitāverīmus	praecipitāverītis		praecipitāverint
	pluperfect	praecipitāvissem	praecipitāvissēs		praecipitāvisset	praecipitāvissēmus	praecipitāvissētis		praecipitāvissent
passive	present	praecipiter	praecipitēris, praecipitēre		praecipitētur	praecipitēmur	praecipitēminī		praecipitentur
	imperfect	praecipitārer	praecipitārēris, praecipitārēre		praecipitārētur	praecipitārēmur	praecipitārēminī		praecipitārentur
	perfect	praecipitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praecipitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	praecipitā		—	—	praecipitāte		—
active	future	—	praecipitātō		praecipitātō	—	praecipitātōte		praecipitantō
passive	present	—	praecipitāre		—	—	praecipitāminī		—
passive	future	—	praecipitātor		praecipitātor	—	—		praecipitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		praecipitāre		praecipitārī		praecipitāns		—
future		praecipitātūrum esse		praecipitātum īrī		praecipitātūrus		praecipitandus
perfect		praecipitāvisse		praecipitātum esse		—		praecipitātus
future perfect		—		praecipitātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		praecipitātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		praecipitandī	praecipitandō		praecipitandum	praecipitandō	praecipitātum		praecipitātū

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: precipitar
→ French: précipiter
- → Romanian: precipita
→ Galician: precipitar
→ Italian: precipitare
→ Portuguese: precipitar
→ Spanish: precipitar

References

“praecipito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“praecipito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
praecipito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “precipitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.