supplicate
Meaningto beg kneeling
Common meaning: to beg humbly
- supplickneeling, beggingLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1814 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin supplex ‘kneeling, begging’.
Roots
- supplex, -icis Latin “kneeling, begging”
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