PRiK 
prte' 
PRjE 
the emperor , as a reward for their ser¬ 
vices. 
PRATRSGaTIVOS (praerogo), a. urn, adj. 
that is asked before others for leis opinion, 
voting first or before. Cic. centuria, or, 
simply, Id. and Lie. Prterogativa,. sc. 
centuria, h. e. the century, to which it. fell 
by lot to vote first in the coinitia. So, 
also, Cic. arid 'Lin. Prterogativa, sc. tri- 
bus. Also, in tile plural, Liv. 10, 22. 
Prairogativa; (because it was double juni- 
orum and seniorum). Prairogativa oc¬ 
curs also, collectively, with a plural. 
Liv. Prairogativa tribunum creant, for 
prerogatives. Cic. Prairogativam re- 
ferre (of the herald , who gave an account 
to the magistrate who held the coinitia, 
of the result of the voting of the cen¬ 
tury that voted first, since the other 
tribes and centuries usually followed the 
example of the prerogative.). Hence, 
Prairogativa denotes ail election, choice, 
so far as another election is to follow, 
a previous or first election. Liv. nrilita- 
lis, or, comitiorum militarium. Id. 
equitum. — Also, a sure sign, prognos¬ 
tic, pledge, favorable omen. Cato ap. 
Cic. triumphi. Cic. voluntatis. — Also, 
preference, prerogative, privilege. Phil. 
and Pandect. -IT Also, relating to the 
tribe or century that voted first. Cic. 
Ornen prterogativum, for prerogative:, 
or, prerogativarum. (But prccrogativum 
may also be considered as the genit. by 
contraction for pnerogativaram.) 
PRATR8G5 (pra & rogo), as, avi, atom, a. 
3 1. to ask before another, ask first. Hence, 
to propose, or make a motion beforehand. 
Cod. Theod. Lex prterogata, h. e. a law 
proposed previously, —r Cic. Coinitia tota 
comitiis fuerint prterogata, h. e. the first 
comitia had voted before the latter . (But 
Ed. Grtev. reads prairogativa, and this 
seems to be preferable.)-IT Also, to 
pay before the stated time, pay beforehand. 
Cod. Just. 
PRATRoSOS, a, um. See Prairodo. 
PRATRCMP8 (prte & rtimpo), is, upi, up¬ 
turn, a. 3. to break or tear off from before, 
or, in general, to break off, tear off. 
Ovid, retinacula. Cces. Funes prterum- 
pebantur, h. e. broke off. Colum. Uncus 
praerumpitur, h. e. breaks off. -11 See, 
also, Preempt us, a, um. 
PRATRuPTe (prteruptus), adv. ruggedly, 
2 steeply, abruptly. Plin. 
PRATROPTOS, a, um, particip. from pra- 
rumpo.-IT Adj. broken or lorn off. — 
Hence, steep, craggy, rugged, hard, to 
climb, difficult of ascent, unopjjwl, cni- 
Kprjpuos, dirOTopos- Cic. sax um. Cais. 
locus. Liv. Praerupta, li. e. steep, crag- 
ay places. -11 Figur. bold, precipitate, 
violent, furious. Tacit. Juvenis aninio 
prteruptus, h. e. violent or dangerous. Id. 
dominatio, h. e. inaccessible, not to be got 
at. Vellei. periculum, li. c. extreme, great. 
Pandect, seditio, h. e. dangerous, &c. 
PRATROTILOS (pra; & rutilus), a, um, 
3 adj. very red. Tcrtull. Carm. de Judic. 
PRATS (unc.), preedis, m. a surety, bonds 
man, one who gives bail for another, 
eyyvos, eyyvyry;. 
Cic. Prtedem esse 
pro aliqua. Id. Prtedes dare. Id. Prte- 
diis ac prtedibus cavere populo, h. e. to 
procure security to the people by bondsmen 
and their goofs (this is an old formu¬ 
lary, in which either preediis, or preedi- 
bus is redundant, for prasdes denotes al¬ 
so the goods or effects of bondsmen-, as, 
Cic. Prtedes tuos venderet). 
PR/ES (perhaps from prte), adv. same as 
3 Prcesto, at hand, there. Plaui. Ibi prats 
est, h. e. adest. 
PRATSaG aTPS, a, um, adj. h. e. pratsa 
3 giendo formatus. Hieronym. 
PRATS aGI8 (prte & sagio), is, ivi, Itum, 
a. 4. to perceive beforehand, have a pre¬ 
sentiment o/any thing. Liv. aliquid ani 
mo. Plin. Equi prasagiunt pugnam. 
Terent. Animus prasagit mihi aliquid 
mail, h. e. I have a presentiment of some 
evi l. - IT Also, to presage,^ divine, 
forebode, augur, predict, itpocpyrtvo), iroo- 
uaorevopai. Plin. Galli prtesagivere 
victoriam. Id. Luna tempestatem prte- 
sagit. Coil, in Cic. Ep. Exiguitas copi- 
arum l ecessum prtesagiebat.-U Also, 
to show, discover, be a sign or proof. Lu- 
cre t. -11 Priesagior, as a deponent, oc¬ 
curs . Plaut. 3 
PRATSaGIT): 5 (prtesagio), onis, f. a per- 
1 echoing beforehand, presentiment, divining, 
presaging, power of prophesying, n popav- 
Ttia. Cic. 
PRATSaGIUM (Id.), ii, n. a presentiment, 
foreboding, presage , presenswn, prognos¬ 
tic, prophesying , -Kpopavrevpa, it pocjiy- 
rda. Colum. tempestatis future. Vel¬ 
lei. futuri periculi. Ovid, vatum. Site- 
ton. mortis, ft. e. signs of approaching 
death. 
PRATSaGOS (prte & sagus), a, um, adj. 
2 perceiving beforehand, having a presenti¬ 
ment, foreseeing, presaging, divining, 
guessing, foreboding, foretelling, zpo- 
yvobarys, upoeiScbs- Virg. Presaga mall 
mens, apprehensive, prophetic. h>tat. 
quies, a prophetical sleep. Virg. Prtesagi 
fulminis ignes. 
PRATSaNS (prte & sano), as, avi, atum, 
2 a. 1. to cure or heal before the time. Plin. 
vnlrius.-11 Also, intransitively, to 
heal before the time. Plin. Cicatrix prte- 
sanavit. 
PRATSAUCI5 (pra: & saucio), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to wound beforehand. Cal. 
Aural. 
PRATSCXTE8 (prte & scateo), es, n. 2. 
3 to be very fall. Gell. aliqua re. 
PRATSCIENTIX. (pnescio), te, f. fore- 
3 Icnoioledge, prescience, ro6yucoats. Tcr- 
tuU. . 
PRATSCIND8 (pra & scindo), is, Tdi, is- 
2 sum, a. 3. to cut or lop off, cut to pieces, 
separate before or in front. Vitruv. 
5,7,7. (But the reading pmcidantur is 
preferable.) 
PRATSCI5 (prte & scio), is, Ivi, Itum, a. 
2 4. to know beforehand, foreknow, foresee, 
TzpoytucjbaK'O. Terent. prtescisse. 
PRATSOISC8 (prte & scisco), is, ivi, Itum, 
2 a. 3. to know beforehand, be informed of 
beforehand, irpoytvcbaKW. Virg. and 
Liv. ■ .... 
PRATSCITI8 (prteseto), onis, f. a knowing 
3 beforehand; a presentiment, foreboding, 
presaerr, prediction. Ammian. 
PRATSCTTUM (Id.), i, a. a knowing be- 
2 forehand, prognostic, presage, omen or 
token of something to come. Plin. ani- 
mi, ft. e. a presentiment. Id. picorum, 
ft. e. omen, prognostic. 
PRtESCrOS (prte & scius), a, um, adj. 
foreknowing, -Kpoiiidy. Virg. Prescia 
corda. — Also, with a genit. following. 
Viro-. venturi. Tacit, periculorum. 
PRATSCRIB8 (prte & scribo), is, pst 
pturn, a. 3. to write before, prefix m 
writing, jrpoypci(l)' 0 . Gell. nomen lihro. 
nomen. Vellei. Ut presertpst- 
mus, ft. e. wrote before. (Ruhnk. prefers 
reading pnediximus.) Cic. Orat. 3, 2. 
Ed. Em. Auctoritates prescript®, sc. 
Senatus consulto, ft. e. the names of the 
senators present, which were prefixed to the 
decree of the senate. — Also, to mark out. 
Plin. — Also, figur. to delineate, de¬ 
scribe. Tacit. Formam futuri principa¬ 
ls prescripsit. — Hence, to pretend, 
use as a pretext. Tacit, aliquem. —— 
Also, to write something which another is 
to copy or to get by heart. . Hence, figur. 
to prescribe, order, appoint, direct, com¬ 
mand. Cic. jura civibus. Id. Quum 
ei prsscriptum esset, ne quid ageret. 
Id. Quid aliis prtescriberetis. Pandect. 
Verba prtescripta. — Also, to make any 
thing known to one as a rule for his con¬ 
duct, or by way of advice, or warning; to 
admonish, say. Cic. alicui. — Also, to 
bring an exception or objection against an 
action in law; to except, or olject to ; to 
put in. a demur, napaypaipeoSiu. Quin- 
til. alicui. — Also, to dictate. Tibull. 
carmina. --- H Also, for perscribo, to 
write down, put down in writing. Pan¬ 
dect. and Cod. Just. 
PRATSCRIPTI3 (prescribo), onis, f. a 
writing before or prefixing in writing. 
Hence, an inscription, title, introduction, 
eiriypaKpfi. Cic. legis. So, also, Id. 
senatusconsulti. — Hence, figur. a pre¬ 
text, alleged reason. Cws. --IT Also, 
a copy to be imitated by a pupil. — Hence, 
figur. a prescription, order, rule, law, 
vbpog. Cic. naturte. Id. ration is. ‘ Id. 
semiborte. — Also, an objection, excep¬ 
tion or demur in law, irapaypaQfi. Quin- 
til. and Pandect. — Also, a philosophi¬ 
cal objection, subtilty or sophism. Senec. 
— Also, prescription, limitation. Pandect. 
692 
PRATSCRIPTiV® (prtescriptivus), adv 
3 with an exception. Tertull. 
PRATSCRIPTUM (prtescribo), i, n. a copy 
for imitating or getting by heart. Quin- 
til. -IT Also, a prescription, rule, or¬ 
der, precept. Cic. legum. Id. Iltec 
prtescripta servare. Cws. Agere ad 
prtescriptum. Cic. Ex communi pras- 
scripto civitatis. Ilorat. Intraque prte- 
scriptum Gelonos exignis equitare cam- 
pis, ft. e. within the boundaries prescri¬ 
bed. — Lucret. Prtescripta calcis, ft. c. 
meta. 
PRATSCRTPTOS, a, um. See Pnescribo. 
PRATSCRIPTuS (prtescribo), us, m. a 
.3 precept. Tertull. 
PRATSKCa, te, f. same as Brassica.3Varr, 
PRATSECaTOS, a, um. See Prwsecc k 
PRATSEC8 (prte & seco), as, cui, catum 
2 and ctum, a. 1. to cut off from before; 
or, in general, to cut off, dtroKonTw. 
Cats, crines. Vitruv. projecturas tig- 
norum. Hence, Ilorat. Prasectum ad 
unguem castigare, ft. e. to examine very 
strictly. — Prasecatus, a, um. Apul. 
PRATSeCTOS, a, um. See Prceseco. 
PRATSeGMEN (prteseco), Inis, n. a cut- 
3 ting, piece cut, off’; a paring as of nails, 
aubKoppa. Plant. 
PRATSeMINaTIS (prtesemino), onis, f. 
2 a sowing beforehand. -11 Also, a fe¬ 
tus. Vitruv. 
PRATSeMINS (prte & semino), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to sow or plant beforehand. 
Lactant. — Figur. to undertake, lay the 
foundation, prepare. Ammian. majora. 
PRATSeNS (from pr®s, ft. e. prse & ens), 
tis, adj. present, in person, personally. 
Terent. and Cces. Prtesentem adesse. 
Cic. Quod adest, quodque prtesens est. 
Id. Quo prsesente, ft. e. in whose pres¬ 
ence. Plaut. Prtesente nobis, for me. 
Cic. Praesens tecum egi, ft. e. in person. 
Id. serrno, A. e. a conversation by word 
of mouth. Liv. certamen. Cic. per- 
fugium, ft. e. for the present. Id. judi¬ 
cium, ft. e. the judgment which people 
now pass. Gell. verba, ft. e. at present 
in use. Ovid. Prtesenti tempore, or, 
Cic. In prtesenti, sc. tempore, A. e. 
now , at present. Id. In prtesens tem- 
pus, or. Id. In prasens, sc. tempus, ft. e. 
for the present. So, also, In prtesentia, 
sc. tempora, for the present. So, also, 
Justin. Ad prtesens tempus, or, simply, 
Tacit. Ad prtesens, ft. e. for the present. 
Sueton. Prtesentia, ft. e. present circum¬ 
stances ; the present state of affairs. Cic. 
In rem prtesentem venire, A. e. to view 
a thing in person or immediately, or to go 
to the spot where it was done. Hence, 
Liv. In re prtesenti, ft. e. on the spot, at 
the place where it happened. Quintil. 
Audientes in rem prtesentem perducere, 
ft. e. to bring as it were to the spot. -• 
11 Also, that is done immediately and not 
deferred. Cic. Prtesens poena sit, h. e. 
punishment may immediately follow. Liv. 
decretum, A. e. made on the spot or im¬ 
mediately. Cic. pecunia, A. e. ready 
money. So, also, Pandect. Fraudator 
prtesens solverit, A. e. in cash. Id. Prte- 
sente die dari, ft. e. in ready money. 
Flor. mors. Propert. preoes, A. e. a 
prayer which immediately follows a tres¬ 
pass. - 11 Also, effectual, prompt, effi¬ 
cacious, powerful. Cic. auxilium. Virg. 
Quo (malo) non prtesentius ullum. Co¬ 
lum. Remedium prtesentissimum, ft. e. 
the quickest, most efficacious. Ilorat- 
Diva prtesens tollere, ft. e. powerful, 
able. - IT Also, manifest, sure. Cic. 
insidiae, A. e. manifest, open. Liv. Jam 
prtesentior res erat.-IT Also, lively 
Liv. Memoria prtesentior. -H Also, 
present, resolute, determined, confident, 
daring, bold. Cic. animus. Liv. Ani¬ 
mus "prtesentior. So, also, Ovid. Am¬ 
mo prtesens. -IT Also, aiding, help¬ 
ing, propitious, favorable. Cic. deus. 
Virg. dea. Id. numina. 
PRATSeNSIS (praesentio), onis, f. a pre¬ 
sentiment, foresight. Cic. rerum futtira- 
rum.- IT Also, a perception formed 
beforehand. Cic. 
PRATSeNSOS, a, um. See Praisentio. 
PRATSeNTaLIS (prmsens), e, adj.yrM- 
3 cut. Cod. Just. 
PRATSeNTaNEOS (Id.), a, um, adj. ope- 
2 rating speedily, of quick efficacy , irapaara. 
tik6s. Plin. rewedium. Id. venenum.- 
