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PRAEPARaTSR (pr*paro), oris, m apre- 
3 parcr, irapaoKivaaTfis. Tertull. 
PRAEPARaToRioS (prajparator), a, urn, 
3 adj. preparatory, napacricevairriKti^. Pan¬ 
dect. 
PRAEPXRaTuRX (prieparo); ®, f. a pre- 
3 paring. Tertull. viaruni. 
PRAEPARaTuS (Id.), us, in. a prepara- 
2 tlon. Vellei. 
PRAEPARCiiS (pr* & parous), a, urn, 
2 adj. very sparing, niggardly, Kvpivo- 
irpicrTris. Plin. 
PRJEPAR5 (pr* & paro), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1. to prepare, get or make ready before¬ 
hand, irapao-Kevagco. Cic. animos ad 
sapientiam. Sallust, se ad prcelia. Cic. 
aliquid, h. e. to prepare himself for, think 
upon. Sueton. profectionem, h. e. to 
make preparations for one’s departure. 
Cic. Aures (auditorum) pncparaue. Lev. 
Pr*parata oratio, h. c. a studied speech. 
-1( Also, to provide. Cic. res neces- 
sarias. Plin. hiemi cibos.-IT Also, 
to prepare, make ready, make. Cic. hor- 
tos.— Also, of food, to make Jit for eat¬ 
ing. Martial, ova. — Quintil. Prreparato, 
or, Liv. Ex pr*parato, h. e. with prepa¬ 
ration. 
PRAEPARVCiS (pr* & parvus), a, um, 
3 adj. very small. Juvenc. 
PRAEPATI&R (pr* & patior), eris, passus 
3 sum, dep. 3. to safer very much. Coel. Aar. 
PRAEPeDiMeNTUM (prarpedio), i, n. 
3an impediment, hinderance, egirbSiapa. 
Plaut. 
PRAEPCDI5 (pr* & pes), is, ivi and ii, 
Itum, a. 4. to entangle the feet or other 
parts of the body, to shackle, bind, fetter, 
tie, ■KapepnruiiOo. Plaut. Prcepeditus fer- 
ro, h. e. fettered. Tacit. Pr*peditis equis, 
h. e. tied to the manger. Figur. Liv. 
sese pr*da, entangle, embarrass them¬ 
selves. —- IT Also, in general, to impede, 
hinder, obstruct. Ovid, sonos. Plaut. Ti¬ 
mor prspedit verba. Cic. Pnepeditus 
morbo. Also, with an infinit. following. 
Tacit. Pr*peditus Germanias servitio 
premere. 
PRAEPeND£ 5 (pr* & pendeo), es, di, n. 
2 2. to hang before, hang down before. 
Cces. 
PRAEP£S (pr* & peto), etis, adj .flying ex¬ 
pediently, swift of flight, flying swiftly, nim¬ 
ble, fleet, wKvirrepus. Virg. Prarpetibus 
pennis se credere c*lo. Val. Fiacc. Bore¬ 
as. Plin. volatus. — Hence, a kind of pro¬ 
phetic bird, from the flight of which some¬ 
thing favorable was predicted. Liv. (Avis is 
also joined with it.) Hence, poetically. 
Virg. Penn* pr*petis omina, li. e. ex 
prapetibus avibus.-IT Also, in gen¬ 
eral, winged. Ovid, deus, h. e. Cupido. 
Hence, as a substantive, a bird, fowl. 
Ovid. Pr*pes Jovis, h. c. aquila. — 
Ovid. Medus*us, A. e. Pegasus. — Per¬ 
seus himself is called so, because be 
had small wings, artd sat on the winged 
horse Pegasus. Lucan. - IT Also, 
fortunate , lucky. Enn. ap. Gell. portus. 
Enn. loca. 
PRAEPIGNERATOS (pr* & pigneratus), 
3 a, um, adj. pledged, obliged, bound. Am¬ 
man. 
PRAEPIL5 (pr® & pila), as, avi, atum, a. 
2 1. to furnish in front with a ball. Hence, 
Liv. 26, 51. Pr*pilata missilia, A. e. 
darts or missiles blunt at the point or 
rounded at the point like a ball, in order 
that they may not inflict wounds, foils. 
Aucl. B. Afric. pilum. Figur. Plin. 
Rotunditas pr*pilata, A. e. quasi pr*pi- 
lata. Ammian. Pr*pi!ata missilia. See 
Prtepilo. 
PRAUTL5 (pr* & pilum), as, avi, atum, 
4 a. 1. to point it. front or at the end like a 
pilum. Ammian. Pr*pilata missilia. — 
Liv. Pr*pilata missilia. See. Pram'llo. 
PRAEPINGUIS (pr* & pinguis), e, adj. 
~ ve fH fat, evbiiriis, KaranlgeXos, garpe- 
$i?S. Virg. solum, very fertile or rich. 
Plin. sues. — Figur. Q uinti.l. vox, A. e. 
too strong,~of too much body. 
PRAEPoLLeNS, tis, partic. from pr*- 
polleo.--IT Adj. very able, very distin¬ 
guished, being able to perform much, very 
powerful or strong. Liv. divitiis, A. e. 
very rich. Id. virtute. Apul. deeore, 
A. e. very beautiful. Augustin. Pr*- 
pollentior. 
PRrP.PoLLiSS (pr* & polleo), es, n. 2. to 
4 je very powerful or distinguished, to be of 
great power, surpass in power. Tacit, and 
Ap n.l. 
PRAEPGNDER5 (pr®& pondoro), as, avi, 
1 atum, a. and n. 1. to be of greater weight, 
outweigh, preponderate, sink down, im:p- 
Ta\avTaw,vnepaTa§plgopai. Sense. Ne 
portionum *quitate turbata, mundus 
pr*ponderet.— Hence, to havemore weight 
or influence, be of greater value or esteem, 
have a superiority or preeminence. Stat. 
Honestas pr*ponderat. — Also, to give a 
turn, decide. Quintil. Si neutro litis con¬ 
ditio pr*ponderet, A. e. if neither decides. 
I.ucan. duo prsponderet ala, A. e. in¬ 
clines. -IT Also, transitively, £« weigh 
down, outweigh. Cic. Pr*ponderari 1 ro¬ 
il estate, A. e. to be surpassed. 
PRAEPoNQ (pr* & pono), is, osui, ositum, 
a. 3. to put or set before, place first, irpo- 
riSnpt' Cic. pauca, sc. scribendo. Ha- 
rat. ultima primis. Cic. Pr*posit* 
cans®, A. c. arrtecedentes. — Hence, to 
set over, intrust with the charge or com¬ 
mand of, place at the head of, appoint. 
Cic. aliquem provinci®, bello, navibus. 
Ovid. Pr*posita parientibus, A. e. guar¬ 
dian. Cic. Qu* pr*posita erat oruculo 
sacerdos. Sueton. Ctibiculo pr*positus, 
A. e. chamberlain. Also, without a dat. 
Cais. aliquem media acie, A. e. to make 
any one commander of the centre. Liv. 
aliquem in l*vo cornu. Cic. In ea ora, 
ubi prapositus sum, A. e. where lam ap¬ 
pointed commander, over which I am set. 
Hence, Pr;epositus,.s-a6.s/.. See below.- 
IT Also, to prefer, value or esteem more. 
Terent. se alteri. Cic. amicitiam pa- 
tri®. — Plaut. Pr*posivi, for pr*posui. 
Lucret. Pr*posta, for pr*posita. - 
IT See, also, Prwpositus, a, um. 
PRAEP5RT5 (pr* & porto), as, a. 1. to 
1 carry before, show. Cic. 
PRAEPSSITI5 (pnepono), onis, f. a put¬ 
ting or setting before ; a preferring, a 
preference, npbSecris. Cic .—Also, a put¬ 
ting or setting over any thing as com¬ 
mander or superintendent. Pandect. - 
H Also, in grammar, a preposition. Cic. 
PRAEPOSITIWS (Id.), a, um, adj. that is 
3 set before. Diomed. conjunctio. 
PRAEPOSITuRX (Id.), *, f. the office of a 
3 president or overseer. Lamprid. 
PRAEP8SIT0S (Id.), i, m. an officer, com¬ 
mander, chief, president, overseer, head, 
imaTarris. Plin. Ep. rerum cur* C*- 
saris. Frontin. aquarum. Also, with¬ 
out a genit. Suet. Galb. 12. Pr*positi, 
A. e. the governors of provinces. 
PRAEPOSITOS, a, um, particip. from 
pr*pono. -IT Adj. to be preferred. 
Hence, Cic. Pr*posita, A. e. preferable 
things, -a nporyygiva. This term was 
applied by the Stoics to those things 
which they would not call good, though 
they considered them better than their 
contraries, as riches, health, beauty, 
&c. 
PRAEPoSSUM (pr* & possum), otes, otui, 
2 irreg. n. to be very powerful, or more 
powerful , to have the superiority. Tacit. 
PRAEPoSTTRe (pr*posterus), adv. pre¬ 
posterously, in a reversed order, wrongly, 
without order, ducarpap peucog. Cic. 
Primas pr*postere, reliquas ordine, quo 
sunt miss* reddere literas. Plin. L*- 
vns calceus pr*postere inductus, A. e. 
the left instead of the rierht. 
PRAEPoSTERITaS (I'd.), atis, f. pre- 
3 posterousness, a reversed order. Arnob. 
PRAEP0STER8 (Id.), as, a. 1 . to reverse in 
3 order. Quintil. deed. ordinem. 
PRAEPoSTfiROS (pr® & posterus), a, um, 
adj. having that first which ought to be 
last, beginning at the wrong end, over¬ 
thwart, out of order, confused, preposte¬ 
rous, wrong, amiss, npuSvarepo;. Lu¬ 
cret. ordo. Cic. gratulatio. Tacit, am- 
bitio. Plin. natalis, A. e. with the feet 
foremost. Id. ficus, A. e. that grow too 
early or too late. Senec. frigus, A. e. un¬ 
seasonable. -IT Also, perverse, acting 
preposterously. Cic. homo. 
PRAEPOTeNS (pr* & potens), tis, very able 
or powerful, {nrcpox°S- Cic. vir. Id. 
pliilosophia. Id. homines, A. e. very 
powerful, distinguished, influential or 
wealthy people. Id. Carthago pr*potens 
terra marique. Also, with an ablat. to 
the question, By what 7 Liv. Pr*po- 
tens armis Romanus. Also, with a 
genit. following. Cic. Jupiter omnium 
rerum pnepotens, A. e. very mighty in all 
things, ruling over all things. 
PRAEPOTENTiX (pnepotens), ®, f. su- 
3 perior power. Tertull. 
PRAEPoTS (pr* & poto), as, a. ] .to drink 
3 before. Cwl. Aurel. - —- IT Also, to give 
drink to beforehand. Cad. Aurel. 
PRAEPEOPERaNTER (pr* & properan- 
3 ter), adv. very swiftly, very hastily. Lu¬ 
cret. 
PRAEPRQPERk (pr*properus), adv. very 
2 hastily, very quickly. Liv. agere.- 
If Also, too hastily, precipitately. Liv. 
22, 3. 
PRAEPROPEROS (pr* & properus), a, um, 
adj. too hasty, overhasty, precipitate, 
sudden, cnvepxi'ds, raxv ?. Cic. festinatio. 
Liv. ingenium.-IT Also, very has¬ 
ty or speedy, sudden, precipitate. Sil. ni- 
sus. 
PRAEPOLCHER (pr® & puicher), chra, 
3 chrum, very beautiful. Juvenc. 
PRAEP0RG8 (pr® & purgo), as, a. 1. 
3 to purge before, npoKutiaipw. Cad. 
Aurel. 
PRAEPuTIaTIS (pr*putium), onis, f. a 
3 retaining the foreskin, a being uncircum¬ 
cised, aKpo/dvarla. Tertull. 
PRAEPOTIaTOS (Id.), a, um, adj. having 
3 the foreskin uneircumciscd, aspb/dvaros. 
Tertull. 
PRAEPuTIUM (unc.), ii, n. the prepuce, 
3 foreskin. Juvenal. 
PRAEQ.UAM, or PRAE Q.UAM, in com¬ 
parison with. See Prw. 
PRAEQUjEROR (pr® & queror), eris, es- 
3 tus sum, dep. 3. to complain before. 
Ovid, multa. 
PRAERADI5 (pr* & radio), as, n. 1. to 
3 beam or glitter forth, vrrepXdpno). Clau- 
dian. Also, with an accusal, following, 
to outshine. Ovid. 
PRAERAD5 (pr* & rado), is, si, sum, a. 
3 3. to shear, shave or cut off in front, or 
previously. Cad. Aurel. 
PRAERaNCIDOS (pr* & rancidus), a, um, 
3 adj. stinking much. Figur. Prob. Val. 
ap. Qell. 
PRAERAPIDOS (pr* & rapidus), a, um, 
2 adj. very swift or rapid, raxis• Liv. 
gurges. Senec. amnis. — Hence, very 
ardent. Sil. juvenis. 
PRAERASOS, a, um. See Prccrada. 
PRAERePTOR (pr*ripio), oris, m. one who 
3 robs another before his face. Hieronym. 
PRAERePTuS, a, um. See Prwripio. 
PRAERIGeSCS (pr® & rigesco), is, gui, 
2 n. 3. to become stiff before. Tacit. Pr®- 
riguisse manus. 
PRAERIGIDOS (pr® & rigidus), a, um, 
2 adj. very stiff or rigid. Quintil. mens. 
PRAERIPIX (pr® & ripa), orurn, n. sc. 
3 loca, places on the banks of a river. 
Apul. 
PRAERIPIO (pr* & rapio), is, tpui, ep- 
tum, a. 3. t.n talce away any thing before 
another receives it, to take as it were out 
of one’s mouth, to snatch away, or, in gen¬ 
eral, to take away or tear from before¬ 
hand, 7 rpoapira^co. Plaut. sponsam 
alicui. Cic. alicui laudem destinatam. 
— Also, in general, to take away, de¬ 
prive of. Ovid, arma alicui. Terent. 
Ne ilium pneripiat tibi. Hirt. alicui 
victori® societatem. Cic*. Earn laudem 
pr*reptam velim. — Also, to take away 
before the time. Cic. beneficium deorum 
festinatione, A. e. to obtain before the time. 
Val. Fiacc. Brevibus pr*reptus in armis, 
A. e. died prematurely. -IT Also, to take 
away quickly. Sueton. codicillos, A. e. 
to take or seize hastily. Lucret. oscula 
alicui, A. e. to snatch kisses. — IT Also, 
to do or perpetrate any thing beforehand. 
Senec. scelus.-IT Also, to take early 
possession of any thing. Virg. litora. 
-IT Pr*ripere se, to)lee quickly. Pan¬ 
dect. 
PRAERoB8R5 (pr* & roboro), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to strengthen before. Cccl. Aur. 
PRAER5D5 (pr® & rodo), is, si, sum, a. 
2 3. to gnaw before, gnaw at the end or top, 
or, simply, to gnaw. Plaut. digitos. 
-IT Also, to gnaw, bite or nibble off or 
through. Horat. hamum. Plin. cau- 
das, A. c. to bite off. 
I’RAERQGaTIVaRIOS (pr*rogativus), a, 
3 um, adj. enjoying certain prerogatives 
or privileges. Hence, Symmach. Pr*- 
rogativarii veterani, A. e. who had an 
expectance of being made life-guards ej 
