praedico

Latin

Etymology 1

From prae- (before, in front) +‎ dicō (dedicate, assign to).

Pronunciation

Verb

praedicō (present infinitive praedicāre, perfect active praedicāvī, supine praedicātum); first conjugation

  1. to proclaim, declare publicly
    Synonyms: indīcō, nuncupō, prōdō, renūntiō, nūntiō, dēnūntiō, adnūntiō, ēdīcō, profiteor, referō, cōntiōnor
  2. to announce, make known
  3. to praise, commend, extol
    Synonyms: laudō, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, efferō, augeō, admīror, intueor
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to preach (the gospel, a sermon, etc.)
  5. (philosophy) to predicate
    Et ideo in rebus, ex materia et forma compositis, essentia non est omnino idem quod subiectum; unde non prædicatur de subiecto: non enim dicitur quod Socrates sit una humanitas. -Sanctus Thomas Aquinas, Quæstiones de Potentia Dei, Q9, A1 | And therefore in things, from matter and form composite, essence is not altogether the same as the subject; whence it can not be predicated concerning the subject: for it is not said that Socrates might be the one human-nature.
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Etymology 2

From prae- (before, in front) +‎ dīcō (say, tell).

Pronunciation

Verb

praedīcō (present infinitive praedīcere, perfect active praedīxī, supine praedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

  1. to foretell, predict
    Synonyms: vāticinor, praesāgiō, canō, praemoneō, portendō, moneō
  2. to notify, give warning of, admonish, charge with what should be done
    Synonyms: moneō, admoneō, praecipiō, condicō
  3. to advise
    Synonyms: suādeō, commendō, cēnseō, conciliō, moneō, admoneō, dēlīberō
  4. to announce at an auction
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References

  • praedico, -āre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praedico, -āre”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praedico, -ere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praedico, -ere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praedico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare
    • to consider happy: aliquem beatum praedicare
    • without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum