praecepsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈprae̯.kɛps]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈprɛː.t͡ʃeps]

形容詞

praeceps (genitive praecipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. head first, headlong
   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 605–606:

     DĀVUS: Sed eccum ipsum videō: occīdī! / Utinam mihi esset aliquid hīc quō nunc mē praecipitem darem!

     DAVUS: But look, [it’s he] himself, I see: I’m ruined! If only there was someplace here from which I could now throw myself headfirst!
     (Here used adverbially or as a predicate adjective.)

2. steep, precipitous
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 38.23.1:

     Ruunt caeci per vias, per invia; nulla praecipitia saxa, nullae rupes obstant

     They rush blindly by roads, or without roads; no steep stones, no cliffs hinder them

3. (figuratively) hasty, rash, precipitate

語形変化

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

派生語

• praecipitō

派生した語

• English: precipitous
• Portuguese: precípite

副詞

praeceps (not comparable)

1. headlong

名詞

praeceps n (genitive praecipitis); third declension

1. a precipice, steep place
2. extreme danger

語形変化

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

派生した語

• English: precipice

参照

• “praeceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall down headlong: praecipitem ire; in praeceps deferri
    
  • to bring a man to ruin; to destroy: aliquem affligere, perdere, pessumdare, in praeceps dare
    
  • to be ruined, undone: praecipitem agi, ire
    
  • to be short-tempered; to be prone to anger: praecipitem in iram esse (Liv. 23. 7)
    
  • to be carried away by something: praecipitem ferri aliqua re (Verr. 5. 46. 121)
    
  • headlong flight: fuga effusa, praeceps (Liv. 30. 5)
    
  • to flee headlong: praecipitem se fugae mandare