praecurro

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ currō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈkur.roː/, [präe̯ˈkʊrːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈkur.ro/, [preˈkurːo]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of praecurrō (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	praecurrī, praecucurrī	praecurristī, praecucurristī	praecurrit, praecucurrit	praecurrimus, praecucurrimus	praecurristis, praecucurristis	praecurrērunt, praecurrēre, praecucurrērunt, praecucurrēre
	pluperfect	praecurreram, praecucurreram	praecurrerās, praecucurrerās	praecurrerat, praecucurrerat	praecurrerāmus, praecucurrerāmus	praecurrerātis, praecucurrerātis	praecurrerant, praecucurrerant
	future perfect	praecurrerō, praecucurrerō	praecurreris, praecucurreris	praecurrerit, praecucurrerit	praecurrerimus, praecucurrerimus	praecurreritis, praecucurreritis	praecurrerint, 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	praecurrerim, praecucurrerim	praecurrerīs, praecucurrerīs	praecurrerit, praecucurrerit	praecurrerīmus, praecucurrerīmus	praecurrerītis, praecucurrerītis	praecurrerint, praecucurrerint
	pluperfect	praecurrissem, praecucurrissem	praecurrissēs, praecucurrissēs	praecurrisset, praecucurrisset	praecurrissēmus, praecucurrissēmus	praecurrissētis, praecucurrissētis	praecurrissent, 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	praecurrisse, praecucurrisse	praecursūrum esse	praecurrī	praecursum esse	praecursum īrī
participles		praecurrēns	—	praecursūrus	—	praecursus	praecurrendus, praecurrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praecurrendī	praecurrendō	praecurrendum	praecurrendō	praecursum	praecursū

Derived terms

• praecursus
• praecursor

Descendants

• Italian: precorrere

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to overtake and pass some one: praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)