praecurro

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ currō.

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

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)