praeco

== Latin == === Etymology === Per De Vaan, by syncope from *praedicō, *praedicōn-, with the same prefix and root as the verb praedicō (“proclaim, declare publicly”) from prae- +‎ dicō (“dedicate, assign to”) combined with the agent noun suffix -ō, -ōn-. An alternative proposal derives it by syncope from *praevocō, *praevocōn-, from prae- and the root of the verb vocō (“call, invoke”). === Noun === praecō m (genitive praecōnis); third declension herald, crier Synonyms: nūntius, internūntia auctioneer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== praecōnor praecōnium praecōnius ==== Descendants ==== Old Galician-Portuguese: pregon Galician: pregón Portuguese: pregão Spanish: pregón → Catalan: pregó === References === === Further reading === “praeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "praeco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “praeco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “praeco”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “praeco”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “praeco”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 283