praecipitem

praecipitem is a Latin form of praeceps, meaning “headlong, head first; steep; rash; (noun) cliff, edge, danger”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of praecipito, “throw headlong, hurl down; rush headlong; hurry”.

Found 98 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.42.2: Magna repente in ipsis operibus flamma exstitit. Quaecumque enim per locum praecipitem missa erant, ea vineis et aggere suppressa comprehendebant id ipsum quod morabatur.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.694: Praecipitem famuli rapite hunc cruciataque diris

Plautus, Bacchides 4.10.1077: quam se ád vitam et quos ád mores praecípitem inscitus capéssat,

All forms of praeceps (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.