praedico
Latin
Etymology 1
From prae- (“before, in front”) + dicō (“dedicate, assign to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.di.koː/, [ˈpräe̯d̪ɪkoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.di.ko/, [ˈprɛːd̪iko]
Verb
praedicō (present infinitive praedicāre, perfect active praedicāvī, supine praedicātum); first conjugation
- I proclaim, declare publicly.
- Synonyms: indīcō, nū̆ncupō, prōdō, renūntiō, nūntiō, dēnūntiō, adnūntiō, ēdīcō, profiteor, referō, cōntiōnor
- I announce, make known.
- I praise, commend, extol.
- Synonyms: laudō, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, efferō, augeō, admīror, intueor
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) I preach the gospel.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of praedicō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praedicō | praedicās | praedicat | praedicāmus | praedicātis | praedicant |
| imperfect | praedicābam | praedicābās | praedicābat | praedicābāmus | praedicābātis | praedicābant | |
| future | praedicābō | praedicābis | praedicābit | praedicābimus | praedicābitis | praedicābunt | |
| perfect | praedicāvī | praedicāvistī | praedicāvit | praedicāvimus | praedicāvistis | praedicāvērunt, praedicāvēre | |
| pluperfect | praedicāveram | praedicāverās | praedicāverat | praedicāverāmus | praedicāverātis | praedicāverant | |
| future perfect | praedicāverō | praedicāveris | praedicāverit | praedicāverimus | praedicāveritis | praedicāverint | |
| passive | present | praedicor | praedicāris, praedicāre | praedicātur | praedicāmur | praedicāminī | praedicantur |
| imperfect | praedicābar | praedicābāris, praedicābāre | praedicābātur | praedicābāmur | praedicābāminī | praedicābantur | |
| future | praedicābor | praedicāberis, praedicābere | praedicābitur | praedicābimur | praedicābiminī | praedicābuntur | |
| perfect | praedicātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praedicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | praedicātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praedicem | praedicēs | praedicet | praedicēmus | praedicētis | praedicent |
| imperfect | praedicārem | praedicārēs | praedicāret | praedicārēmus | praedicārētis | praedicārent | |
| perfect | praedicāverim | praedicāverīs | praedicāverit | praedicāverīmus | praedicāverītis | praedicāverint | |
| pluperfect | praedicāvissem | praedicāvissēs | praedicāvisset | praedicāvissēmus | praedicāvissētis | praedicāvissent | |
| passive | present | praedicer | praedicēris, praedicēre | praedicētur | praedicēmur | praedicēminī | praedicentur |
| imperfect | praedicārer | praedicārēris, praedicārēre | praedicārētur | praedicārēmur | praedicārēminī | praedicārentur | |
| perfect | praedicātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praedicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praedicā | — | — | praedicāte | — |
| future | — | praedicātō | praedicātō | — | praedicātōte | praedicantō | |
| passive | present | — | praedicāre | — | — | praedicāminī | — |
| future | — | praedicātor | praedicātor | — | — | praedicantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praedicāre | praedicāvisse | praedicātūrum esse | praedicārī | praedicātum esse | praedicātum īrī | |
| participles | praedicāns | — | praedicātūrus | — | praedicātus | praedicandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praedicandī | praedicandō | praedicandum | praedicandō | praedicātum | praedicātū | ||
Derived terms
- praedicāmentum
- praedicātiō
- praedicātīvus
- praedicātor
- praedicātōrius
- praedicātrīx
Descendants
- → Catalan: predicar
- → Danish: prædike
- → Dutch: prediken
- → English: predicate
- → Esperanto: prediki
- Franco-Provençal: prégier
- Galician: pregar
- → Hungarian: prédikál
- → Icelandic: predika
- → Ido: predikar
- Istriot: pridigà
- Italian: predicare
- → Norwegian: preke, preike
- → Occitan: predicar, presicar
- → Old English: predician
- Old French: prëechier
- French: prêcher
- Norman: prêchi
- → Middle English: prechen
- English: preach
- → Manx: preaçh
- English: preach
- → Old High German: predigon
- Middle High German: predigen
- German: predigen
- Luxembourgish: priedegen
- Middle High German: predigen
- → Old Irish: pridchaid
- Old Portuguese: preegar
- Portuguese: pregar
- Piedmontese: predì
- → Portuguese: predicar
- → Romanian: predica
- Sicilian: pridicari
- Old Spanish: preigar
- → Spanish: predicar
- → Swedish: predika
Etymology 2
From prae- (“before, in front”) + dīcō (“say, tell”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈdiː.koː/, [präe̯ˈd̪iːkoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈdi.ko/, [preˈd̪iːko]
Verb
praedīcō (present infinitive praedīcere, perfect active praedīxī, supine praedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative
- I foretell, predict.
- Synonyms: vāticinor, praesāgiō, canō, praemoneō, portendō, moneō
- I notify, give warning of, admonish, charge with what should be done.
- Synonyms: moneō, admoneō, praecipiō, condicō
- I advise.
- Synonyms: suādeō, commendō, cēnseō, conciliō, moneō, admoneō, dēlīberō
- I announce at an auction.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of praedīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praedīcō | praedīcis | praedīcit | praedīcimus | praedīcitis | praedīcunt |
| imperfect | praedīcēbam | praedīcēbās | praedīcēbat | praedīcēbāmus | praedīcēbātis | praedīcēbant | |
| future | praedīcam | praedīcēs | praedīcet | praedīcēmus | praedīcētis | praedīcent | |
| perfect | praedīxī | praedīxistī | praedīxit | praedīximus | praedīxistis | praedīxērunt, praedīxēre | |
| pluperfect | praedīxeram | praedīxerās | praedīxerat | praedīxerāmus | praedīxerātis | praedīxerant | |
| future perfect | praedīxerō | praedīxeris | praedīxerit | praedīxerimus | praedīxeritis | praedīxerint | |
| passive | present | praedīcor | praedīceris, praedīcere | praedīcitur | praedīcimur | praedīciminī | praedīcuntur |
| imperfect | praedīcēbar | praedīcēbāris, praedīcēbāre | praedīcēbātur | praedīcēbāmur | praedīcēbāminī | praedīcēbantur | |
| future | praedīcar | praedīcēris, praedīcēre | praedīcētur | praedīcēmur | praedīcēminī | praedīcentur | |
| perfect | praedictus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praedictus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | praedictus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praedīcam | praedīcās | praedīcat | praedīcāmus | praedīcātis | praedīcant |
| imperfect | praedīcerem | praedīcerēs | praedīceret | praedīcerēmus | praedīcerētis | praedīcerent | |
| perfect | praedīxerim | praedīxerīs | praedīxerit | praedīxerīmus | praedīxerītis | praedīxerint | |
| pluperfect | praedīxissem | praedīxissēs | praedīxisset | praedīxissēmus | praedīxissētis | praedīxissent | |
| passive | present | praedīcar | praedīcāris, praedīcāre | praedīcātur | praedīcāmur | praedīcāminī | praedīcantur |
| imperfect | praedīcerer | praedīcerēris, praedīcerēre | praedīcerētur | praedīcerēmur | praedīcerēminī | praedīcerentur | |
| perfect | praedictus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praedictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praedīc, praedīce1 | — | — | praedīcite | — |
| future | — | praedīcitō | praedīcitō | — | praedīcitōte | praedīcuntō | |
| passive | present | — | praedīcere | — | — | praedīciminī | — |
| future | — | praedīcitor | praedīcitor | — | — | praedīcuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praedīcere | praedīxisse | praedictūrum esse | praedīcī | praedictum esse | praedictum īrī | |
| participles | praedīcēns | — | praedictūrus | — | praedictus | praedīcendus, praedīcundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praedīcendī | praedīcendō | praedīcendum | praedīcendō | praedictum | praedictū | ||
1Archaic.
Derived terms
- praedictiō
- praedictīvus
- praedictum
- praedictus
Descendants
- Italian: predire
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: predir
- Old Portuguese:
- Galician: predicir
- Portuguese: predizer
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: predecir
- Romanian: prezice
- → English: predict
- → Middle French: predire
- French: prédire
References
- “praedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praedico”, 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, 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
- to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare