praecello
Latin
Etymology
From prae- + *cellō (“to rise”), one lost verb whose participle is celsus, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈkel.loː/, [prae̯ˈkɛl.loː]
Verb
praecellō (present infinitive praecellere, perfect active praeculī, supine praecelsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I surpass, outdo
- I excel (with per or ablative)
Inflection
- Note: Main entries sometimes use the second conjugation.
| Conjugation of praecello (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praecellō | praecellis | praecellit | praecellimus | praecellitis | praecellunt |
| imperfect | praecellēbam | praecellēbās | praecellēbat | praecellēbāmus | praecellēbātis | praecellēbant | |
| future | praecellam | praecellēs | praecellet | praecellēmus | praecellētis | praecellent | |
| perfect | praeculī | praeculistī | praeculit | praeculimus | praeculistis | praeculērunt, praeculēre | |
| pluperfect | praeculeram | praeculerās | praeculerat | praeculerāmus | praeculerātis | praeculerant | |
| future perfect | praeculerō | praeculeris | praeculerit | praeculerimus | praeculeritis | praeculerint | |
| passive | present | praecellor | praecelleris, praecellere | praecellitur | praecellimur | praecelliminī | praecelluntur |
| imperfect | praecellēbar | praecellēbāris, praecellēbāre | praecellēbātur | praecellēbāmur | praecellēbāminī | praecellēbantur | |
| future | praecellar | praecellēris, praecellēre | praecellētur | praecellēmur | praecellēminī | praecellentur | |
| perfect | praecelsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praecelsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | praecelsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praecellam | praecellās | praecellat | praecellāmus | praecellātis | praecellant |
| imperfect | praecellerem | praecellerēs | praecelleret | praecellerēmus | praecellerētis | praecellerent | |
| perfect | praeculerim | praeculerīs | praeculerit | praeculerimus | praeculeritis | praeculerint | |
| pluperfect | praeculissem | praeculissēs | praeculisset | praeculissēmus | praeculissētis | praeculissent | |
| passive | present | praecellar | praecellāris, praecellāre | praecellātur | praecellāmur | praecellāminī | praecellantur |
| imperfect | praecellerer | praecellerēris, praecellerēre | praecellerētur | praecellerēmur | praecellerēminī | praecellerentur | |
| perfect | praecelsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praecelsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praecelle | — | — | praecellite | — |
| future | — | praecellitō | praecellitō | — | praecellitōte | praecelluntō | |
| passive | present | — | praecellere | — | — | praecelliminī | — |
| future | — | praecellitor | praecellitor | — | — | praecelluntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praecellere | praeculisse | praecelsūrus esse | praecellī | praecelsus esse | praecelsum īrī | |
| participles | praecellēns | — | praecelsūrus | — | praecelsus | praecellendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praecellere | praecellendī | praecellendō | praecellendum | praecelsum | praecelsū | ||
Related terms
- antecellō
- excellō
Descendants
- English: precel
- French: préceller
References
- praecello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praecello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praecello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette