PRrE 
prj: 
PR7E 
much dowxwards. Colum. palmitem, 
h. e. to bend down, bind below. — Figur. 
to ruin, destroy. Liv. rempublicam. 
Ovid. spem. Cels, ffigrum. Plin. bel- 
latores, h. e. to ruin, render unfortunate. 
— Also, to hurry. Virg. Furor iraque 
mentem precipitant. — Hence, to do 
any thing quickly, to hasten. Colum. vin- 
demiam. Cic. obit.um. Virg. inoras, 
h. e. to lay aside all delay, to hasten. 
Quintil. Ne pracipitetur editio, h. e. 
o-verhaslcned, hurried. Liv. Consilia rap- 
tim precipitata, h. e. rash resolutions. — 
Also, to urge or press on. Virg. Cure 
precipitant dare teinpus. Vat Flacc. 
Tiphyn pelago parari pracipitat. — Al¬ 
so, to throw, cast or throw into. Cels, se 
in exitium. Plin. arborem in senec- 
tatn, h. e. to cause it to grow old prema- 
, turely. — Figur. to cast or to cast down. 
Cic. aliquem ex altissirao dignitatis 
gradu. — Also, to cause to come to an 
end. Hence, Precipitatus, a, ura, com- 
ing’to an end, drawing to a close. Ovid. 
nox. Mat. ap. Cic. etas, li. e. old age. 
-IT Also, intransitively, to fall down, 
throw himself down. Liv. in fossarn. Cic. 
Nilus pracipitat ex montibus. Jd. ad 
exitium. Hence, Id. Pracipitantem im- 
pellere, li. e. to give a push to one already 
falling, to make an unfortunate person still 
more unfortunate. — Hence, to fall or 
light upon, fall into. Liv. in insidias. 
Plant, in amorem_Figur. to be too 
hasty. Cic. — Also, to come to an end, 
draw to a close. Virg. Nox ccelo prte- 
cipitat, sc. in oceanuin, h. e. draws to a 
dose. Cic. Sol pnecipitans, h. e. draw¬ 
ing near his setting. Cats, liierns. 
Hence, Cic. Respublica pnecipitans, 
h. e. falling to ruin. 
PRAECTPOii (pracipuus), adv. particular¬ 
ly, especially, chiefly, peculiarly, princi¬ 
pally, singularly, paXarra, efuipfrojj. 
Cic. 
PRAECIPOOS (pracipio), a, urn, adj. par¬ 
ticular, peculiar, special, EfuqoErof, Sid- 
(bopos. Cic. jus. Id. fortuna. Liv. 
Pracipuam sortem periculi petere. — 
Hence, Suet. Oalb. 5. Precipuum, h. e. 
that which any one inherits before the dis¬ 
tribution of the whole property among all 
the heirs. -IT Also, remarkable, noted, 
singular, principal, distinguished, excel¬ 
lent. QuintU. Cicero, pracipuus in elo- 
quentia vir.. Flor. Rex fraude praci- 
puus. Also, with a genit. following. 
Tacit. Pracipuus circumveniendi alicu- 
jus. Also, with a dat; following. Plin. 
Herb® dentibus pracipua. 
PRAECISe (prtecisus), adv. briefly, suc- 
1 cinctly, concisely, infewwords, duordpusi. 
Cic. -IT Also, peremptorily, positive¬ 
ly, unconditionally. Pandect. Cavebitur 
ei non precise, sed sub conditione, h. e. 
non absolute. Cic. negare. 
PRAECI3I8 (precido), onis, f. a cutting, 
2 cutting off, dnoropfi. Apul. -IT Also, 
the part where any thing has been cut off. 
Vitruv. -U Also, same as Aposiope- 
sis, a figure of speech, when one abruptly 
breaks off his discourse, and leaves several 
words to be supplied. Auct. ad Herenn. 
PRAECISuRX (Id.), e, f. the cuttings of 
3 any thing. Apic. 
PRAECISdS, a, urn, particip. from preci¬ 
do.-IT Adj. steep, precipitous. Sal¬ 
lust. iter. Virg. saxum. - IT Also, 
cut short, broken off, finished abruptly. 
Quintil. IExpositio simplex et undique 
precisa^ Id. conclusiones. 
1 R/ECLaM 5 (pre & clamo), as, a. 1 . to 
ocall out before, irpofioaco. Pandect. 
• RAECLaRe (preclarus), adv. very clear¬ 
ly, very plainly, Karatpavws. Cic. intel- 
ligere. Id. explicare.-IT Also, very 
well, excellently, bravely, nobly , *aXdij. 
Cic. gerere negotium. Id. meminisse. 
Id. facere, li. c. to do very well, to do 
something excellent. Plin. facere, h. e. 
- ure - Cic. Preclarissime facta. 
PRAECLaRITER (Id.), adv. same as 
dPrreclctre. Claud. Quadrigar. 
IRjECLaROS (pre & clarus), a, nm, 
adj. very clear or bright, Karaflavijs. 
Lucrcl. -TT Also, very much celebrated. 
rjfig. -TT Also, excellent, noble, heau- 
tful, splendid, distinguished, remarkable. 
Cic. indoles. Id. Homo in philosophia 
preclarus. Id. Preclarius. Nepos. 
I reclarissimutn facinus. Sallust. Qui 
sceleribus suis preclarus est, h. e. distin¬ 
guishes himself. Also, with a genit.. fol¬ 
lowing. Tacit. I.ivius eloquentie pre¬ 
clarus. 
PRAECLaVIUM (pre & clavus), ii, n. the 
3 part of a garment before the purple stripe. 
Non. 
PRAECL0D8 (pre & claudo), is, si, sum, 
a. 3. to shut, oianXeiw. Cces. portas. 
-IT Also, to deprive of an entrance to 
any thing. Cic. orbem terrarum alicui. 
Id. sibi curiam.-IT Also, to stop, im¬ 
pede, hinder, take away. Cic. maritimos 
cursus, h. e. to preclude the possibility of 
going by sea. Liv. vocem alicui. Cic. 
aditum misericordie. Phatdr. linguam 
cani, ne latret. Suet. Preclusit cunc- 
tos negotiatores, h. e. ordered their shops 
to be shut up. 
PRAECLdES (pre & clueo), es, n. 2. to be 
3 very famous, be celebrated or renowned. 
Prudent. 
PRAECLOIS (pre & cluis), e, adj. very 
3 celebrated. Martian. Capell. 
PRAECL0SI8 (preclude), onis, f. a slop- 
2 ping or damming up, avy/cXeio-is. Vi¬ 
truv. aquarum. 
PRAECL0S5R (Id.), oris, m. a precluder 
3 or hinder er of anything. Tertull. legis. 
PRAECLuSdS, a, nm. See Prweludo. 
PRAEC 8 (perhaps from pre & cieo), orris, 
m. a public crier, common crier, beadle, 
Ki jpef. In a court of justice, where he 
published the names of the parties, the 
sentence, &c. and otherwise attended 
upon the magistrates. Cic. — Also, in 
the comitia, to which he called the peo 
pie, and where he commanded silence, 
&c. Cic. and Auct. ad Her. — Also, at 
auctions, where he called over the arti 
cles to be sold. Cic. — Also, at public 
games, to which he invited the peo¬ 
ple, where he proclaimed the names 
of the victors, &c. Cic. — Also, 
at funerals, to invite attendants. Fest. 
-IT Also, figur. a prodaimer, publish¬ 
er, praiscr. Cic. virtutis. 
PRAECoCTdS, a, um. See Pracoquo. 
PRAECoGITATIS (pnecogito), onis, f. 
3 forethought., a thinking upon or consider¬ 
ing beforehand. Tertull. 
PRAEC 0 GIT 8 (pra & cogito), as, avi, 
2 atum, a. 1 . to think on or ponder before¬ 
hand, premeditate, Trpovoovpai. Liv. fa¬ 
cinus. 
PRAEC0GNITI8 (pracognosco), onis, f. 
3 precognition, previous knowledge. Boeth. 
PRAEC5GNITdS, a, um. See Prwcog- 
nosco. 
PRAECoGNoSCS (pra & cognosco), is, 
2 ovi, itum, a. 3. to know before, under¬ 
stand beforehand. Plane, in Cic. Ep. 
PRAEC 8 L 8 (pra & colo), is, colui, cul- 
1 turn, a. 3. to prepare previously, form or 
cultivate before. Cic. Habitus praculti. 
— Hence, Pnecultus, a, um, adorned, or 
highly adorned. Quintil. - IT Also, 
to honor or esteem beforehand or hia-hhi. 
Tacit. 
PRAEO 0 MM 8 D 8 (prte & commodo), as, 
3 a. 1. to lend beforehand, or, simply, to 
lend, or to give as a favor. Cod. Just. 
PRAEC6MM0VE8 (pra & commoveo), 
3 es, a. 2. to move greatly or beforehand. 
Senec. 
PRAEC 0 MP 0 N 8 (pra & compono), is, 
3 osui, ositum, a. 3. to prepare, adjust or 
bring into order beforehand. Ovid. os. 
PRAECoNCEPTdS (prte & conceptus) a, 
3 um, adj. received beforehand. Plin. 2, 
84. But Ed. Hard, reads conceptum. 
PRAECoNDIS (prte fecondio), is, a. 4. to 
3 season beforehand. Apic. leporem. 
PRAECoNIUM, ii, n. See Prwconius. 
PRAECoNIdS (prteco), a, um, adj. of or be¬ 
longing to a prteco. Cic. qutestus, h. e. the 
profession of a praco. — Hence, subst. Prte- 
conium, the office of a prteco or public crier. 
Cic. Prteconium facere, h. c. to be a prteco. 
— Hence, in general, the office of a crier, 
a crying out in public, a proclaiming, pub¬ 
lishing, spreading abroad. Apul. Praco- 
nio edicere. Cic. Tibi prteconium de- 
feram. Id. O meum miserum prteco¬ 
nium 1 Ovid. Perago prteconia casus, 
li. r. I make known. Id. famte. - 
U Also, praise, commendation, fame, re¬ 
nown. Cic. lahorum suorum. Id. tribu- 
ere alicui. Ovid. Formce praconia feci. 
PRAEC5N5R (Id.), aris, dep. 1 . to be a 
3 praeco, cry in public. Marc. Cap. 
085 
PRAECoNSuMS (prte Sc consumo), Is, 
3 mpsi or msi, mptum or mtum, a. 3. to 
waste or spend beforehand. Ovid, vires. 
PRAECoNTReCTS (prte Sc coritrecto), a“ 
3 a. 1. to handle beforehand, handle before in 
his thoughts. Ovid, videndo. 
PRAEC 8 QUIS, e. See Pracox. 
PRAEC 8 UU 8 (prte & coquo), is, xi, ctum, 
2 a. 3. to boil beforehand, -rryotipw. Plin 
and Cwl. Aar. -11 Also, to boil very 
much. Plin. 
PRAEC 8 QUCJS. See Prwcox. 
PRAEC5RDIX (prte Sc cor), orum, n. the 
diaphragm or midriff, eppeves, Siae/ffayga, 
di d^copa. Cic. and Plin. - IT Also, 
the vitals, intestines, bowels, particularly 
the stomach. Plin. l’rtecordia vocamu.s 
uno nomine exta in hornine. Cic. An¬ 
nulus iu prtecordiis piscis inventus. 
Ilorat. Sat. 2, 4, 23. Pnecordia, h. c. the 
stomach. -11 Also, the heart, breast, 
and other parts of the body which are 
separated from the bowels by the dia¬ 
phragm. Virg. Coit in pnecordia san¬ 
guis. Liv. Spiritus remanet in prtecor- 
eiiis. Also, poetically, for corpus. Ovid. 
In terra ponunt pnecordia.-If Figur. 
heart, breast, when affections, desires, 
inclinations, feelings, &c. are spoken 
of. Ovid. Ferrea pnecordia. Herat. 
Aperit pnecordia Liber. Ovid. Stolidie 
pnecordia mentis, h. e. thoughts, disposi¬ 
tion. 
PRA5CoRRuMP5 (prte Sc corrumpo), is, 
3 upi, upturn, a. 3. to corrupt or bribe be 
forehand. Ovid, aonis. 
PRA3COX, ocis or oquis, or PRAECO 
2 aUIS, e, or PRAEC5QU0S (prteco- 
quo), a, um, adj. that ripens, blossoms or 
gi-ows soon, early, or before the usual 
time, precocious, avwpos, Kpcoi'/ioj. Co¬ 
lum. Vites prtecoquis fructus. Id. Pira 
prtecocia. Id. Uvas prtecoquas. Plin. 
Rosa prtecox. — Also, bearing fruit early 
or before the usual time. Colum. vites. 
Plin. arbores. — Plin. Loca prtecocia, 
h. e. where fruit ripens early. -II Al¬ 
so, that happens before the xisual time, 
or untimely , overliasty, premature. Enn. 
pugna\ Plin. risus. 
PRAEORaSSOS (prte Sc crassus), a, um, 
2 adj. very thick. Plin. cortex. 
PRAECuLCS (prte Sc calco), as, a. 1. to in- 
3 cvlcate before or strongly. Tertull. 
PRAECuLTOS, a, um. See Prwcolu. 
PRAECOPIDOS (prte & cupidus), a, um, 
2 adj. vei-y desirous or fond of. Suctun. 
rei. 
PRAEC0R5 (prte & euro), as, avi, atum, 
3 a. 1. to take cure beforehand. Cwl. 
PRAECuRRS (prte & curro), is, cucurri 
and curri, cursum, a. 3. to run before, go 
before, precede, nporpexw. Terent. Abi, 
pnecurre. Cws. ad aliquem. — Also, 
of inanimate things. Cws. Eo fama 
jam prtecucurrerat. — Hence, Cic. Pra- 
currentia, h. c. things that go before. - 
IT Also, to come before or sooner than an¬ 
other. Cws. — Plin. alicujus adventum. 
— Hence, figur. to precede. Cic. ali¬ 
quem tetate. Id. Nec appetitus pnecur- 
rant rationem. Also, with a dal. fol¬ 
lowing. Cic. Ut certis rebus certa sig- 
na prtecurrerent.-IT Also, to surpass, 
excel, outstrip. Nepos. and Ilorat. ali¬ 
quem re. Cic. alicui re.-IT Ammi- 
an. Rumore pnecurso (actively). 
PRAEC0RSI8 (prtecurro), onis, f. a run- 
1 ning or going before, a coming before, 
tc poSpnpri. Cic. visorum, a forehappening. 
-IT Also, in war, a running before, 
in order to fight, before the regularton- 
test commences. Plin. Ep. -IT Also, 
a preparation, that which is to prepare the 
hearers for a thing in question. Cic. 
PRAECuRSOR (Id.), oris, m. one that runs 
1 or goes before, a precursor, forerunner, 
jrpddpop of. Plin. Paneg. — Particularly, 
in war. one that goes before the stand¬ 
ards. Liv. — Hence, a scout, spy. Cic. 
Verr. 5, 41.-IT Figur. Nazar. Flos 
prtECursor indolis bonce, h. e. preceding, 
going before. 
PRAECuRSoRIOS (precursor), a, um, 
2 adj. running before. Plin. Ep. 
PRAECC'RSuS (prtecurro), us, m. a going, 
2 coming or running before. Plin. Etesiarum 
prectirsu, h. e. before the etesite blow. 
PRAEC0RS0S, a, um. See Prwcurro. 
PRAECuTIS (pre & quatio), is, ussi, us- 
3 sum, a. 3. to shake, wave or swing before 
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