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praecaveo
praecaveo
Latin
Verb
praecaveō (present infinitive praecavēre, perfect active praecāvī, supine praecautum); second conjugation
- (transitive) I guard against (beforehand), seek to avert or prevent.
- (intransitive) I take care or heed, beware; I am on my guard.
Inflection
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
Derived terms
- praecautiō
- praecautus
Related terms
References
- praecaveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praecaveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praecaveo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.