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prex
prex
English
Noun
prex (plural prexes)
- A president, especially of a university.
Synonyms
- (president, especially of a university): prexy
Etymology 2
Noun
prex (plural prexes)
References
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /preks/, [prɛks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpreks/, [ˈpreks], [ˈprɛks]
Noun
prex f (genitive precis); third declension
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 |
Related terms
Descendants
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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