precor
Latin
Etymology
From prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”).
Cognate with Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛcchati, “to ask”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan, “to ask”), Old English freġnan, friġnan (“to ask, inquire, learn”). More at frain.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.kor/, [ˈprɛkɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.kor/, [ˈprɛːkor]
Verb
precor (present infinitive precārī, perfect active precātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I beseech, beg, pray, entreat, supplicate, request
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.27:
- ūtile sit faustumque, precor
- May it be beneficial and fortunate, I pray
- ūtile sit faustumque, precor
- Synonyms: rogō, efflāgitō, petō, exōrō, prehēnsō, expetō, rogitō, flāgitō, exposcō, exigō, ērogō, requīrō, quaesō
- I wish well or ill (to someone); I 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | precārī | precātum esse | precātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | precāns | precātus | precātūrus | — | — | precandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| precandī | precandō | precandum | precandō | precātum | precātū | ||
Derived terms
- apprecor
- dēprecor
- imprecor
- precābundus
- precāmen
- precāriō
- precārium
- precātus
- precārius
- precātiō
- precātīvē
- precātor
- precātīvus
Descendants
- Catalan: pregar
- Dalmatian: precur
- Old Francoprovençal: preier
- Franco-Provençal: preyer
- Old Piedmontese: preer
- Friulian: preâ
- Galician: pregar
- Istriot: pragà
- Italian: pregare
- Occitan: pregar, prejar
- Old French: proiier, praier; preier; prier; proier
- French: prier
- → Middle English: preien
- English: pray
- Yola: pry, praie
- Sardinian: precare, pregare, pregai, preghiare
- Sicilian: prigari
- Spanish: pregar, precar
- Venetian: pregar
- Walloon: priyî
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, 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
- to pray to God: precari aliquid a deo