praecurro

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ currō

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈkur.roː/, [prae̯ˈkʊr.roː]

Verb

praecurrō (present infinitive praecurrere, perfect active praecucurrī, supine praecursum); third conjugation

  1. I run before
  2. I precede
  3. I surpass

Inflection
   Conjugation of praecurro (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praecurrō praecurris praecurrit praecurrimus praecurritis praecurrunt
imperfect praecurrēbam praecurrēbās praecurrēbat praecurrēbāmus praecurrēbātis praecurrēbant
future praecurram praecurrēs praecurret praecurrēmus praecurrētis praecurrent
perfect praecucurrī praecucurristī praecucurrit praecucurrimus praecucurristis praecucurrērunt, praecucurrēre
pluperfect praecucurreram praecucurrerās praecucurrerat praecucurrerāmus praecucurrerātis praecucurrerant
future perfect praecucurrerō praecucurreris praecucurrerit praecucurrerimus praecucurreritis praecucurrerint
passive present praecurror praecurreris, praecurrere praecurritur praecurrimur praecurriminī praecurruntur
imperfect praecurrēbar praecurrēbāris, praecurrēbāre praecurrēbātur praecurrēbāmur praecurrēbāminī praecurrēbantur
future praecurrar praecurrēris, praecurrēre praecurrētur praecurrēmur praecurrēminī praecurrentur
perfect praecursus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praecursus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praecursus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praecurram praecurrās praecurrat praecurrāmus praecurrātis praecurrant
imperfect praecurrerem praecurrerēs praecurreret praecurrerēmus praecurrerētis praecurrerent
perfect praecucurrerim praecucurrerīs praecucurrerit praecucurrerimus praecucurreritis praecucurrerint
pluperfect praecucurrissem praecucurrissēs praecucurrisset praecucurrissēmus praecucurrissētis praecucurrissent
passive present praecurrar praecurrāris, praecurrāre praecurrātur praecurrāmur praecurrāminī praecurrantur
imperfect praecurrerer praecurrerēris, praecurrerēre praecurrerētur praecurrerēmur praecurrerēminī praecurrerentur
perfect praecursus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praecursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praecurre — — praecurrite —
future — praecurritō praecurritō — praecurritōte praecurruntō
passive present — praecurrere — — praecurriminī —
future — praecurritor praecurritor — — praecurruntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praecurrere praecucurrisse praecursūrus esse praecurrī praecursus esse praecursum īrī
participles praecurrēns — praecursūrus — praecursus praecurrendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
praecurrere praecurrendī praecurrendō praecurrendum praecursum praecursū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • praecurro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praecurro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praecurro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to overtake and pass some one: praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)
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