praefatio

Latin

Etymology

From praefor +‎ -tiō, from prae- +‎ for.

Noun

praefātiō f (genitive praefātiōnis); third declension

1. preface, prologue
2. appellation, title, honorific
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) preface (liturgical prayer)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praefātiō	praefātiōnēs
Genitive	praefātiōnis	praefātiōnum
Dative	praefātiōnī	praefātiōnibus
Accusative	praefātiōnem	praefātiōnēs
Ablative	praefātiōne	praefātiōnibus
Vocative	praefātiō	praefātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: prefaci
• English: preface
• French: préface
• Galician: prefacio
• Italian: prefazione, prefazio
• Occitan: prefaci
• Portuguese: prefação, prefácio
• Spanish: prefacio

References

• “praefatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praefatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praefatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• praefatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• praefatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016