precor

Latin

Etymology

From prex (“request, petition, prayer”).

Cognate with Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛcchati, “to ask”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan, “to ask”), Old English freġnan, friġnan (“to ask, inquire, learn”), German fragen, Dutch vragen and Russian просить (prositʹ, “to ask, implore, request”). More at frain.

Pronunciation

Verb

precor (present infinitive precārī, perfect active precātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to beseech, beg, pray, entreat, supplicate, request
    Synonyms: rogō, efflāgitō, petō, exōrō, prehēnsō, expetō, rogitō, flāgitō, exposcō, exigō, ērogō, requīrō, quaesō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.113:
      “Tū coniūnx tibi fās animum temptāre precandō.”
      [Venus replies to Juno:] “You [are Jupiter’s] wife, [and it is] right for you to ply his heart with entreaty.”
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.27:
      ūtile sit faustumque, precor
      May it be beneficial and fortunate, I pray
  2. to wish well or ill (to someone); to greet with a wish

Conjugation

   Conjugation of precor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present precor precāris,
precāre 		precātur precāmur precāminī precantur
imperfect precābar precābāris,
precābāre 		precābātur precābāmur precābāminī precābantur
future precābor precāberis,
precābere 		precābitur precābimur precābiminī precābuntur
perfect precātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect precātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect precātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present precer precēris,
precēre 		precētur precēmur precēminī precentur
imperfect precārer precārēris,
precārēre 		precārētur precārēmur precārēminī precārentur
perfect precātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect precātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — precāre — — precāminī —
future — precātor precātor — — precantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present precārī — precāns —
future precātūrum esse — precātūrus precandus
perfect precātum esse — precātus —
future perfect precātum fore — — —
perfect potential precātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
precandī precandō precandum precandō precātum precātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “precor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “precor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • precor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to pray to God: precari aliquid a deo
    • to pray to God: precari deum, deos
    • to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
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