praedico

From prae- (“before, in front”) +‎ dicō (“dedicate, assign to”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.di.koː/, [ˈpräe̯d̪ɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.di.ko/, [ˈprɛːd̪iko]

praedicō (present infinitive praedicāre, perfect active praedicāvī, supine praedicātum); first conjugation

1. to proclaim, declare publicly

   Synonyms: indīcō, nū̆ncupō, prōdō, renūntiō, nūntiō, dēnūntiō, adnūntiō, ēdīcō, profiteor, referō, cōntiōnor

2. to announce, make known
3. to praise, commend, extol

   Synonyms: laudō, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, efferō, augeō, admīror, intueor

4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to preach (the gospel, a sermon, etc.)
5. (philosophy) to predicate

   Et ideo in rebus, ex materia et forma compositis, essentia non est omnino idem quod subiectum; unde non prædicatur de subiecto: non enim dicitur quod Socrates sit una humanitas. -Sanctus Thomas Aquinas, Quæstiones de Potentia Dei, Q9, A1 | And therefore in things, from matter and form composite, essence is not altogether the same as the subject; whence it can not be predicated concerning the subject: for it is not said that Socrates might be the one human-nature.

From prae- (“before, in front”) +‎ dīcō (“say, tell”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈdiː.koː/, [präe̯ˈd̪iːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈdi.ko/, [preˈd̪iːko]

praedīcō (present infinitive praedīcere, perfect active praedīxī, supine praedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to foretell, predict

   Synonyms: vāticinor, praesāgiō, canō, praemoneō, portendō, moneō

2. to notify, give warning of, admonish, charge with what should be done

   Synonyms: moneō, admoneō, praecipiō, condicō

3. to advise

   Synonyms: suādeō, commendō, cēnseō, conciliō, moneō, admoneō, dēlīberō

4. to announce at an auction

¹Old Latin.

• praedictiō
• praedictīvus
• praedictum
• praedictus

• Italian: predire
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: predir
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: predicir
  • Portuguese: predizer
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: predecir
• Romanian: prezice
• → English: predict
• → Middle French: predire
  • French: prédire

• “praedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praedico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare
    
  • to consider happy: aliquem beatum praedicare
    
  • without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum