• HEADLONG

1. adj., praeceps (also in the sense of rash, precipitate; e.g., consilium, mens. In this sense, (The words are found in this connection and order.) praeceps et effrenatus [e.g., mens]: praeceps et immaturus [e.g., consilium]). To fall headlong, praecipitem ferri (IMPROP.; Cic.). A man of headlong courses, homo in consiliis praeceps et devius (Cic.): to rush headlong to one’s destruction, in praeceps ruere; ad pestem ante oculos positam proficisci.

2. adverb, Mostly by adjective, praeceps: raptim (in a hurried manner). To fly away headlong, praecipitem abire or praecipitem se fugae mandare: to fall headlong in the mud, ire praecipitem in lutum (per caput pedesque; Catullus, 17, 9).