praeceps

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯.kɛps] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛː.t͡ʃeps] === Adjective === praeceps (genitive praecipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective head first, headlong steep, precipitous (figuratively) hasty, rash, precipitate ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== praecipitō ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: precipite, ⇒ precipitoso → Portuguese: precípite ⇒ English: precipitous === Adverb === praeceps (not comparable) headlong === Noun === praeceps n (genitive praecipitis); third declension a precipice, steep place extreme danger ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== praecipitium === References === “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.