PRM 
PRiE 
pr^e 
word does not always imply that any 
thing is recited or sung after the person 
who sings or plays. Cic. Ut mihi pra- 
eatis, sc. verba, li. e. recite. Liv. Prie- 
eunte Lepido. Oell. Tibias Graccho 
praisse, h. e. has accompanied. Quin- 
til. Legentibus praire, h. e. to read 
before. Oell. Alicui de officio judi- 
cis, h. e. to dictate, give an explanation. 
It is also joined with \voce. Cic. Ut 
vobis voce praire nt, quid judicaretis, 
h. e. dictate to you, direct you .—That 
which is to be repeated, is also put in 
the accusal. Liv. verba, h. e. to recite 
or dictate. So, also, Plant, verbis quid- 
vis. Liv. carmen. Tacit, sacramen- 
tum.-IT Also, to order any thing to 
be done, prescribe. Liv. Omnia, ut De¬ 
cemviri praierunt, facta. 
PR A2eXeRC IT aMeNTUM (pr® & exer- 
3 citamentum), i, n. previous exercise. 
Priscian. 
PRAIFaMEN (prafor), Inis, n. a preface 
3 Symmach. 
PRA1FARI, ) „ „ - 
PR/EFAR1S. j See l ra '-f° r - 
FRiEFATra (prafor), onis, f. that whicl 
1 is said before one does any thing, an in¬ 
troduction, opening. Cic. Qua; porrc 
prafatio tu® donationis fuit ? what wai 
the preface or speech you made before you 
conferred the gift ? Liv. sacrorum, that 
which is said previous to a sacrifice, viz. 
Procul hinc, procul este, profani. — 
Hence, an introduction, proem, preface oj 
a writing or speech. Plin. Ep. 
PRAIFaTIuNCOLX (dimin. of prafatio), 
3 ®, f. a short preface , introduction. Hi- 
eronym. 
PRAFaTOS, a, um. See Prcefor. 
a saying 
PRAIFaTOS (priefor), us, m. 
3 beforehand. Symmach. 
PRAFeCTIaNOS (pnefectus), a, um 
3 adj. of or belonging to a prefect, or com 
mander of the body-guard. Ammian. 
PRAIFeCTIS (prafieio), onis, f. a setting 
3 before. Martian Cape.ll 
PRAIFeCToRIuS (prafectus), a, um, adj 
3 of or belonging to a prefect. Pandect 
Vir prafectorius, or, simply, Sidon. Pr® 
fectorius, h. e. that has leen a prefect. 
PRAIFeCTORX (Id.), ® ( f. the office o 
any president, overseer or superintendent 
superintendence. Varr. villa;. Sueton. 
morum. Tacit, annons. Id. prato 
rii. Pandect, urbis.-Particularly 
the command in the cavalry, the allies am 
engineers (fabri) - Hirt. equiturn. Cic. Pra 
fecturas sumeret. Nep consilium 
h. e. apud consules-11 Also, the gov 
ernmerit of a country or lout , . —■ Hence 
a district, province. Tacit. Proximas 
sibi pr® fecturas petere. Plin. Algyp 
tus dividitur in prafecturas, h. e. no'mos 
(as they otherwise were called). — Al¬ 
so, a town of Italy, which had no magis 
trates and laios of its own, but was gov¬ 
erned immediately by Rome or by maois 
trates sent from Rome. Cic. — AIso,°t/u 
land measured out to a colony from tlu 
territory of a foreign town. Frontin. 
PRAIFeCTuS (pne & factus), a, um, adj 
3 done beforehand. Call. Aurel. 
PR/EFisCTOS, a, um, particip. from pr® 
3 ficio. See Prafieio. 
PRAIFeCTOS (prafieio), i, m. a superin¬ 
tendent, overseer, director, president , 
commander, prefect, tTuordryi, npoara- 
rr/i, enapxos. J\Tep. Prafectus morum. 
Id. custodum. Tacit, vigilum. Id. rei 
frumentari®. Cic. libidinum suarum. 
Id. classis, h. e. an admiral, commodore, 
commander of a fleet. Liv. and Pandect. 
urbis, h. e. the governor of the city in the 
absence of the consuls. At the time of 
the emperors, it was a perpetual office 
with a certain jurisdiction, and the 
persons who held this office were cho¬ 
sen by the emperor from those who had 
been consuls. Plin. Ep. srarii. Liv. 
juris. Id. navis, h. e. a captain of a ves¬ 
sel. Tacit, remigum, h. e. the command¬ 
er of the rowers or the ship's crew. — Par¬ 
ticularly, in the Roman army, a gene¬ 
ral or colonel of cavalry, of the allies, 
and of the engineers, corresponding to 
the Iribuni militum of the infantry. Cic., 
Ctes., Sallust., and Ncp. — Prafectus 
castrorum, a quartermaster. Vcgct., 
Tacit., Sueton., &c. — With foreign na¬ 
tions, Pnefectus denotes a commander, 
general. Ncp. Prafectus regis. Suet. 
Prafectus Algypti, h. e. governor. So, 
also, JVep. Lydia.— Pnefectus legionis, 
under the emperors, seems to be the 
same as legatus legionis, h. e. the com¬ 
mander of a legion. Tacit. 
PRA5FeCuND 0S (pra & fecundus), a, 
2 um, adj. very fruitful. Plin. 
PRAlFf.RICOLUM (prafero), i, n. alarge 
3 vessel of brass, like a dish, without handles, 
used ut sacrifices in honor of Ops Consi- 
va. Fust. 
PRADFeRMeNTS (pra & fermento), as, 
avi, atum, a. 1. to leaven beforehand. 
Plin. 18, 26. But Ed. Hard, reads fer- 
mentahatur. 
PRA1FER5 (pra; & fero), fers, tuli, latum, 
irreg. a. to bear ovfcarry before j carry be¬ 
fore one’s self or another person, upmpe- 
poj. Cic. faces pratoribus. Id. arden- 
tem facem. Figur. Id. facern ad libidi- 
nem. Ovid, manus cautas, h. e. to hold 
before one’s self, stretch forth, as, in the 
dark, in groping, feeling his way, or 
searching for any thing. — Hence, to 
betray, show, discover, manifest, indicate, 
exhibit, make known. Cic. avaritiam. 
Ovid, amorem. Liv. 3, 12. judicium, 
h. e. to manifest their decision. Plane, in 
Cic. Ep. sensus aperte. Tacit, modes- 
tiam, h. e. to assume an air of modesty. 
Martial. 5, 81. procuratoretn vuitu. 
Cces. Opinio prafertur, li. c. an opinion 
is entertained or spread abroad. — Also, 
to prefer, give the preference to. Cic. ali- 
quem sibi. Sallust, otium iabori. Virg. 
Invidit pnelato honori, for illi, qui pra- 
latus erat honore. Plin. Praferre ali¬ 
cui aliquid, h. e. to cause any thing to be 
preferred. — Prafero, when followed by 
an infinit. denotes to prefer, choose rather. 
Ilorat. Pratulerim scriptor delirus iners- 
que videri. — Also, to pretend, allege. 
Sisenn. causam. — Stat. opem, 7i. e. to 
help. -IT Also, to carry by. —Hence, 
Praferri, to run, ride, pass by. Liv. 
Pralatos hostes. — Also, with an accu- 
sat. following. Liv. Pralati castra.- 
IT Also, to lake beforehand , anticipate. 
Liv. diem triumphi, h. e. to hasten the 
time of the celebration of his triumph, cele¬ 
brate it sooner than intended _IT See, 
also, PndatiLs, a, um. 
PRAlFERoX (pra & ferox),ocis, ttAfvery 
2 fierce, impetuous, courageous, overbear¬ 
ing, insolent. Liv. and Sueton. 
PRA3FeRRaT 0S (pra & ferratus), a, um, 
2 adj. headed, tipped, shod or furnished with 
iron. Plin. pilum. Plant, tribunus, 
h. e. bound in fetters. Cato, inodium, 
h. e. bound with iron hoops. 
PRAIFeRTILIS (pra & fertilis), e, adj. 
3 very fertile. Prudent. 
PRASFeRVIDOS (pra & fervidus),a, um, 
2 adj. very hot. Colum. regio. — Figur. 
Liv. Prafervida ira. 
PRAIFeSTINaTIM (pra & festinatim), 
3 adv. very hastily or with too much haste. 
Sisenn. 
PRAIFeSTINS (pra & festino), as, avi, 
2 atum, a. 1. to hasten before the time, make 
too great haste. Liv. deficere. — Hence, 
Prafestinatus, a, um, done too hastily, 
precipitate. Ovid, ictus. - IT Also, 
to hasten by, pass in haste. Tacit, sinum. 
PRA2FTCX (unc.), ffi, f. a woman hired to 
3 lament at funerals, and to sing the funeral 
song, iri\ep.irrrpia, Sprivrjrpia. Plaut. 
— It is also joined with mutter. Oell. 
PRA1FIC15 (pra & facio), is, eci, ectum, 
a. 1. to set over, put in authority, appoint 
to the command of, cause to superintend or 
preside over, depute, constitute, delegate, 
Lpiorypi. Plaut. aliquem provincial, 
h. e. to put one in office. Cic. hello ge- 
rendo. Id. pecori. JYep. classi. Plin. 
sacerdotio Neptuni. Cic. imperatorem 
bello. Also, without a dat., to make a 
person governor or commander. Cic. ali¬ 
quem in exercitu_ Liv. sacerdotes diis, 
for sacris deorum. —Partic. Prafectus, 
a, um, set over, made to preside over or 
superintend, with a dat. following. It 
may frequently be rendered by the sub¬ 
stantives superintendent, overseer, direc¬ 
tor, president, commander. Pandect. Pra¬ 
fectus pratorio, li. e. commander of the 
imperial body-guards. Cic. Prafectus 
moribus, li. e. the censor. — But prafectus 
is more frequently used as a substan¬ 
tive with a genit. See Prafectus, i, m. 
PRAIFiDeNTER (prafidens), adv. toe 
3 confidently. Augustin. Prafidentius. 
PRA1FID5 (pra & fido), is, sus sum, n. 
1 3. to trust too much. Cic. sibi. 
PRA1FIG5 (pra & figo), is, xi, xum, a. 3. 
to fix or fasten before, set up in front, fix 
on the end or extremity of, npom'iyvvpi. 
Virg. arma puppibus. Id. capita in 
hastis. Cic. Ripa prafixis sudibus mu- 
nita. Suet. Caput prafixum hast®. — 
Figur. Pers. nigrum vitio theta, for 
damnare. - 11 Also, to furnish with 
any tiling in front, to tip, head. Virg. 
ora capistris, h. e. to put on muzzles. So, 
also, Ovid. Prafixa cornua ferro. Liv. 
Jacula prafixa ferro ,h.e.headed with iron. 
- ir Also, to shut, close up. Plin. 
prospectum.-IT Also, to pierce, trans¬ 
fix. Tibull. Lat'-ui prafixa veru. - 
11 Also, to enchant, bewitch. Quintil 
deel. 10, 8. 
PRAIFIGORaTIo (prafigiiro), cuis, f. a 
3 figuring beforehand, a prefiguration. Au¬ 
gustin. 
PRA5FIG0R5 (pra & f.gnro), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to figure beforehand, or, sim¬ 
ply, to figure. Lactant. 
PR/EFT.VIS (pr® & finio), is, ivi and li. 
Hum, a. 4. to determine or appoint before¬ 
hand, prescribe, npoopi^w. Cic. diem. 
Id. alicui quicquam. Tercnt. Prafinito 
loqui, h. e. according to prescription. 
PR/EFINITIfl (prafinio), onis, f. an ap- 
3 pointing beforehand, a prescription, deter¬ 
mination, limitation , appointment, irpo- 
npiogds. Pandect. 
PRAIFTSCIXE, and PRAIFTSCINI fpr® 
2 & fascinum), give me leave to say ; be it 
spoken in a good hour, • afiaoKavru 
This word was used when a person 
praised himself, said any tiling good of 
himself, fee. in order thereby, as the 
ancients supposed, to avert the effects 
of envy or enchantment. It occurs 
with dixerim. Plaut.; or without it. 
Petr on. 
PRAIFTXGS, a, um. See Prcefigo. 
PRAIFLeTOS (pra & flelus), a, um, adj. 
3 wept away, destroyed by weeping. Apul. 
Visu pnefleto. Ed.Elmenli. reads perfleto. 
PRAlFLoREO (pra & floreo), es, ui, n. 2. 
2 to flourish or blossom before the time. Plin. 
PRA5FL5R5 (pra & flos), as, avi, atum, 
2 a. I. to deprive of its blossom beforehand. 
— Hence, figur. Oell. fructum gaudii, 
li. e. to diminish. Liv. Gloriam praflo- 
ratam esse, h. e. had lost its splendor. 
Apul. Virgo ab alio prafiorata, h. e. de¬ 
flowered. 
PRA1FL05 (pr® & fluo), is, n. 3. to flow 
2 past a place, npoppiw. Liv. Infimavalle 
prafluit Tiberis. Also, with au accus. 
following. Ilorat. regna Dauni. Tacit. 
castra. 
PRA1FL00S (prafluo), a, um, adj. flow- 
2 ing past. Plin. 
PR,EF6CAB1 LIS (prafoco), adj. having 
3 the poicer of choking, arromnydus. Call. 
A nr el. 
PRASFoCaTIS (Id.), onis, f. suffocation , 
3 Karatrvi^is. Ccel. Aurel. 
PRA1F5C5 (pra & faux), as, avi, atum, 
3 a. 1. to choke, stop up, suffocate, strangle, 
liTTOTrviyM. Ovicl. 
PRA1F5DI5 (pra & fodijo), is, odi, ossum, 
2 a. 3. to dig before, izpoopvrTco. Virg. 
portas, make trenches before the gates. 
-11 Also, to dig beforehand. Plin. 
sorobes, h. e. to make pits beforehand. — 
Also, to bury beforehand. Ovid, aurum. 
PRA5FCECUNDUS. See Praifecxtndus. 
PRA1F5R (pr® & for), aris, atus sum, dep. 
1. to say beforehand, speak before, utter 
first, premise, with or without an accu¬ 
sal. of that which one says. Liv. ear- 
men. Cic. Majores nostri omnibus re¬ 
bus agendis, quod bonum, faustum, felix 
esset, prafabantur, h. e. said before they 
undertook any thing : Quod bonum, faus¬ 
tum, felix sit, h. e. in god’s name. Id. 
Qu® de deorum natura prafati sumus, 
h. e. ante diximus. Apul. veniam, h. e. 
to beg leave before one speaks, apol¬ 
ogize for speaking. Cic. honorem, h. e. 
to say, with due respect be it spoken, or, 
with your leave be it said. Plin. aliquem, 
li. e. to say any thing of any one before¬ 
hand. Virg. Divos, h. e. to pray to tin 
gods, or to invoke them beforehand. Cato 
Jovem vino, h. e. to sacrifice and pray ts 
him. Also, with a dat. following. Id 
