noun · neuterthird declension
praesaepe
praesaepe n (genitive praesaepis)
Classical[prae̯ˈsae̯.pɛ]Ecclesiastical[preˈs̬ɛː.pe]
Meaning
- neuterenclosure, pen, fold
- broadlyneuterhut, dwelling
- neutera crib
Inveniunt tectum pannīs, praesaepe jacentī Cūna erat, […]
They [the shepherds] find Him [baby Jesus] wrapped in rags; the crib was a cradle to Him as He lay in it, […]348 CE – c. 413 CE, Prudentius, Dittochaeon 111-112 - neuterspace between the two stars called Aselli in the constellation of Cancer.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locus stabulī ubi equī eduntpraesaepe -is (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
| genitive | praesaepis praesaepiī | praesaepium praesaepiōrum |
| dative | praesaepī praesaepiō, praesēpī | praesaepibus praesaepiīs, praesēpibus |
| accusative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
| ablative | praesaepī praesaepiō, praesēpī | praesaepibus praesaepiīs, praesēpibus |
| vocative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
praesaepe (praesēpe), is, n., and praesaepes or praesaepis, is, f.; also, praesaepĭa, ae, f., and praesae-pĭum (each of these forms less correctly written praesēp-), ii, n. praesaepio, prop.
I. an enclosure of any kind; hence, a stable, stall, fold, pen (syn. stabulum).
I. Lit.:
praesaepis bubus hibernas, Cato, R. R. 14: si villa habebat praesaepias laxas, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 6 (al. praesaepes, al. praesaepis): stabant ter centum (equi) nivei in praesaepibus altis, Verg. A. 7, 275: in praesaepibus ursi, id. ib. 7, 17: nocturna claudere praesaepia, folds, Calp. Ecl. 1, 38: qui bona donavit praesaepibus, has expended his estate on his stables, Juv. 1, 59.—A crib, manger: bonas praesaepis, Cato, R. R. 4: in praesaepiis, Varr. R. R. 2, 5: accedit ad praesaepe, Phaedr. 2, 8, 22: non altius edita esse praesaepia convenit, quam, etc., Col. 1, 6: praesaepium meum hordeo passim repleri jubet, App. M. 7, p. 194, 3.—II. Transf.
A. A hut, hovel; a dwelling, tavern:
quin reciperet se ad praesaepem suam, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13.—Mostly plur.: scit, si id impetret, futurum, quod amat, intra praesaepis suas, i. e. in his own house, in his power, Plaut. Cas. prol. 56: vocat me hic intra praesaepis meas, into my house, id. Rud. 4, 3, 99: fucos a praesaepibus arcent, i. e. from the hives, Verg. G. 4, 168; id. A. 1, 435: audis in praesaepibus, in drinking-shops, Cic. Pis. 18, 42.—B. A crib, com. for a table:
scurra vagus, non qui certum praesaepe teneret, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 28.—C. The space between the two stars called Aselli in the sign of the Crab, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
praesaepe (praesēpe) is, n
prae+saepes, an enclosure, stable, stall, fold, pen : Stabant (equi) in praesaepibus altis, V.: bona donavit praesaepibus, has spent his substance on his stables , Iu.: fucos a praesaepibus arcent, i. e. from the hives , V.— A hut, hovel, dwelling, tavern : audis in praesaepibus, in drinking-shops.—A crib : equus Ad praesaepe gemit, O.: Accedit ad praesaepe, Ph.: non qui certum praesaepe teneret, i. e. table , H.
Origins
From praesaepiō (“barricade, fence in”).
Descendants
- Italianpresepe
- Portuguesepesebre
- Portuguesepresepe
- Spanishpesebre
- Catalanpessebrefrom Spanish pesebre
- Galicianpresebe
- Sicilianprisepi
- Bretonprezebfrom Proto-Brythonic *preseb
- Cornishpresepfrom Proto-Brythonic *preseb
- Welshpresebfrom Proto-Brythonic *preseb