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Meaning of praeceps | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

[ˈprae̯.kɛps]

Definitions

head first, headlong
declension-3, one-termination
steep, precipitous
declension-3, one-termination
hasty, rash, precipitate
declension-3, figuratively, one-termination

Equivalents

Bosanski strm стрм

Čeština střemhlav strmý ukvapený vyloučit zbrklý

Deutsch abschüssig Bodensatz fallen jäh kondensieren kopfüber übereilt vornüber vorschnell

Ελληνικά ακάθεκτος απόκρημνος καθιζάνω κρημνώδης

English hasty head first headlong precipitate precipitous rash steep

Suomi äkkijyrkkä päätäpahkainen

Français à corps perdu la tête la première precipité précipité précipiter tête baissée

Hrvatski strm стрм

Italiano deposito deposito erto erto precipitate precipitate precipitoso ripido scosceso scosceso sedimento sedimento

日本語早計真っ逆様降

한국어 嶙

Latina abscisus deruptus praecipitiosus praeproperus praeruptus

Nederlands precipiteren

Polski gwałtowny osadzać pospieszny przepaścisty przykry spadzisty urwisty

Português precipitar

Русский неосмотрительно низлагать опрометчивый очертя голову преципитировать сломя голову стремглав стремительный торопить

Српски strm стрм

Svenska bråddjup brådstörtad framstupa huvudstupa tvärbrant

ไทย ใจเร็ว

Türkçe çökelek çökelmek

Українська крутий прямовисний стрімкий

Examples

“DĀVUS: Sed eccum ipsum videō: occīdī! / Utinam mihi esset aliquid hīc quō nunc mē praecipitem darem!”

DAVUS: But look, [it’s he] himself, I see: I’m ruined! If only there was someplace here from which I could now throw myself headfirst! (Here used adverbially or as a predicate adjective.)

“Ruunt caeci per vias, per invia; nulla praecipitia saxa, nullae rupes obstant”

They rush blindly by roads, or without roads; no steep stones, no cliffs hinder them

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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