prex
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛks
Etymology 1
From US college slang; from 1828.[1]
Synonyms
- (president, especially of a university): prexy
References
- “prex” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /preks/, [prɛks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpreks/, [ˈpreks], [ˈprɛks]
Inflection
- The nominative singular, prex, and genitive singular, precis, are unattested in Classical Latin.
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prex | precēs |
Genitive | precis | precum |
Dative | precī | precibus |
Accusative | precem | precēs |
Ablative | prece | precibus |
Vocative | prex | precēs |
References
- prex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- prex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to importune with petitions: precibus aliquem fatigare
- to grant a request: precibus obsequi
- to be influenced by, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty: magnis (infimis) precibus moveri
- to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius
- to pray to God: adhibere deo preces
- to pray: preces facere
- to importune with petitions: precibus aliquem fatigare
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