praecipites

praecipites is a Latin form of praeceps, meaning “headlong, head first; steep; rash; (noun) cliff, edge, danger”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective or 2nd person singular present active subjunctive.

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

Found 86 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.24.2: et calones, qui ab decumana porta ac summo iugo collis nostros victores flumen transire conspexerant, praedandi causa egressi, cum respexissent et hostes in nostris castris versari vidissent, praecipites fugae sese mandabant.

Vergil, Aeneid 3.682: Praecipites metus acer agit quocumque rudentis

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.