praecox

English

Noun

praecox (uncountable)

  1. dementia praecox
    • 1995, Elizabeth Lunbeck, The Psychiatric Persuasion
      Psychiatrists did not know the etiology of dementia praecox, but their working assumption was that the brains of praecox patients exhibited "demonstrable microscopic cortex changes" as well as "gross anatomical anomalies" […]

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From praecoquō, from prae- + coquō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.koks/, [ˈprae̯.kɔks]

Adjective

praecox (genitive praecocis); third declension

  1. ripe before its time; premature
  2. precocious; untimely

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative praecox praecox praecocēs praecocia
Genitive praecocis praecocis praecocium praecocium
Dative praecocī praecocī praecocibus praecocibus
Accusative praecocem praecox praecocēs praecocia
Ablative praecocī praecocī praecocibus praecocibus
Vocative praecox praecox praecocēs praecocia

References
  • praecox in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praecox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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