praecido

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae- + caedō (“cut; strike”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈkiː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈt͡ʃiː.do] === Verb === praecīdō (present infinitive praecīdere, perfect active praecīdī, supine praecīsum); third conjugation to cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate to beat to pieces, batter, smash (nautical) to cut off or across, avoid, sail straight (of discourse) to cut short, abridge; to be brief; break off or finish abruptly to break off, cut off, end, destroy to deny flatly, refuse, decline ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: precidere === References === “praecido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praecido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “praecido”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.