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tur. Sueton. Velabrum pratervehens. 
Also, Cic. locum silentio, A. c. to 
pass over in silence. Id. Oratio pneter- 
vecta est scopulos, A. e. has passed, the 
most difficult points. Id. Oratio aures 
vestras pratervecta est. — Pratervehi, 
to pass by, march try, of foot soldiers. 
Tacit. 
P R .ETkRV kRT 5 (prater & verto), is, a. 
2 3. to so or pass by. Plin. solein. 
PR2 ETeRV 6LQ (prater & volo), as, avi, 
atum, n. 1. to fly past or by, pass by, 
7r apairtropai, properly and figuratively, 
with and without an accasat. Cic. 
Quem pratervolat ales. Id. Pratervo- 
lat numerus. I.iv. Occasionis opportu- 
nitas nratervolat, h. e. slips away. Cic. 
Hate non pratervolant, h. e. do not pass 
over cursorily. — The preposition is also 
separated from the verb. Herat. Pra¬ 
ter et volata litora. 
PRAlTkSTSR (pra & testor), aris, atus 
3 sum, dep. 1. to bear witness to beforehand. 
Tertutt. viam vitae. 
PR/ETeX( 5 (pra & texo), is, xui, xtum, 
a. 3. to weave before. Hence, in general, 
to put before or in front of any thing. 
Plin. nomina auctorum. Id. auctores 
volumilii. Id. retia piscibus. Plin. 
Paneg. Postibus pratexi, h. e. that your 
statues stand before the temples. — Also, 
to pretend, allege as a pretext or excuse. 
Cic. cupiditatem triumphi, h. e. to make 
the desire of a triumph a color or pretext. 
Tacit, incruentam victoriam. — Also, 
with an accasat. and infiait. following. 
Tacit. Pratexentis, servatam ab eo fili- 
ain. -IT Also, to adorn any thing with 
something else wrought in the front of it, 
to border, fringe. Sil. Pratextum vela- 
men, h. e. toga pratexta. Propert. Se- 
natus pratextus, h. e. pratexta indutus. 
Plence, Liv. Tog®, or tunica: purpura 
pratexta:. But purpura is frequently 
omitted. Hence, Cic. Toga pratexta, 
sc. purpura, or, Id. Pratexta, sc. toga, 
h. e. an upper garment bordered, with pur¬ 
ple. Such a toga was worn at Rome 
not only by the higher magistrates, as, 
consuls, prators, tediles, but also by va¬ 
rious orders of priests, by the magis¬ 
trates in municipiis et coloniis, by the 
kingsof Rome, and by freeborn children, 
both male and female, until they attain¬ 
ed the age of maturity. Cic., Liv. and 
Propert. — Hence, Pratexta, sc. fabula, 
li. e. tragedy, because magistrates and 
other persons of distinction were intro¬ 
duced into it. llorat. — Hence, figur. 
to border. Cic. Carmen primis literis 
sententi® pratexitur, A. e. the first let¬ 
ters of the verses form a sentence. Id. 
Natura omnia lenioribus principiis pra- 
texuit, h. e. nature makes in all things a 
gentle, gradual beginning. — Hence, iti 
general, to cover in front, or, simply, to 
cover. Virg. Puppes pratexunt litora. Id. 
ripas arundine. Plin. Montes eas gen- 
tes pratexunt. Tacit. Nationes Rhetio 
pratexuntur, It. e. dwell behind the Rhine. 
— Hence, figur. to cover, cloak, disguise, 
color. Virg. culpnm nomine conjugii. 
— Also, to adorn. Ovid. Augusto pra¬ 
textum nomine templum. Tibull. Lite- 
ra pnetexat fastigia chart®, &c. h. e. 
p ' adorn or cover, my name may be inscribed 
upon it. 
PR/ETeXTX, se, f. See Pratezo. 
PR/ETiTXTaTOS (pratexta), a, urn, adj. 
wearing the toga pratexta, both of men, 
to .whom it belonged, and of freeborn 
children as long as they were not yet 
seventeen years of age. Cic. Hence, 
Oell. Pratextata ®tas, h. e. the age un¬ 
der seventeen. Martial, amicitia, h. e. 
from childhood. - IT Also, unchaste, 
lewd, obscene. Sueton. verba. Juvenal. 
mores. 
PR/ETeXTUM (pratexo), i, n. an oma- 
2 meat. Sencc. reipublic®. - If Also, 
pretext, pretence, color, cloak. Suet. 
PR/ETeXTOS (Id.), us, m. an ornament. 
2 Val. Max. -IT Also, outward appear¬ 
ance. Tacit. -IT Also, apretence, pre¬ 
text, color, cloak, disguise, excuse, irpSipa- 
cns,np6axppa. Liv. Suh pratextu verbo- 
rura. Justin. Hoc pratextu. 
PRjETeXTOS, a, um. See Pratexo. 
PR.ETIME5 (pr® & timeo), es, ui, n. and 
2 a. 2. to fear beforehand, or to be in fear. 
Plaut. sibi, h. c on his own account. Ti¬ 
bull. -rstimuisse (this may be, also, 
from praitimesco.) 
PR-'ETIMeSCS (pr® & timesco), is, mui, 
2 n. 3. to fall into fear beforehand, to be in 
fear beforehand. See Prcetimeo. 
PRzETIMIDOS (pra & timidus), a, um, 
3 adj. very fearful, -duct. carm. de Iona. 
PRAETTNCTOS, a, um. See Prcetingo. 
PR^ETINGS (pr® & tingo), is, nxi, nc- 
3 turn, a. 3. to dip in or moisten beforehand. 
Ovid. 
PR/EToNDES (pr® &tondeo), es, toton- 
3 di, tonsuin, a. 2. to clip in front or before¬ 
hand. Jlpul. 
PR/ET5R (for praitor, from praeo), oris, 
m. properly, any leader, chief, head,presi¬ 
dent. Hence, the consul, as the chief 
magistrate, was formerly called praitor 
maximus. Liv. 7, 3. Also, simply, 
praitor. Liv. 3, 55. — Tacit, rerarii, 
h. e. president. — Particularly, a general, 
commander, crparpyo j. It is rarely ap¬ 
plied to Roman generals, but very fre¬ 
quently to those of foreign nations, as, 
of the Athenians, Cic. and JVepos. Of 
the Thebans. Cic. — In civil life, a 
chief, director, head, superintendent. Ta¬ 
cit. ®rarii. (See above.) The chief 
magistrate in Capua was called so, ac¬ 
cording to Cic. Agr. 2, 34 ; with us, the 
mayor. So, also, at Carthage. Mep. 
Harm. 7. In this passage, it is a civil 
magistrate. — Prator is particularly a 
magistrate at Rome, who administered 
justice, and ranked next to the consuls. 
Cic. There were eight prators at 
Rome in the time of Cicero. Of these, 
two were employed in causis privatis, 
h. e. private disputes concerning property. 
One of them was called prator urbanus, 
who administered justice when the two 
parties were cives, h. e. possessed Ro¬ 
man citizenship. The other was called 
prator peregrinus, who administered 
justice when both parties at variance, 
or only one of them, were peregrini, h. e. 
had not the right of Roman citizenship. 
The other six prators were concerned 
with causa publica, as murder, adulte¬ 
ry, ambitus, &c. These eight prators 
committed the examination of causes to 
subordinate judges, who were called ju- 
dices selecti, and published the sentence 
of these judges, who formerly gave their 
votes viva voce, but afterwards on tab¬ 
lets. The prators wore a. toga pratexta, 
sat in sella curules, and were preceded 
by six lictors. Their office lasted a year. 
They afterwards went, as governors, 
into a province assigned to them by lot, 
in which there was no army. There 
they administered justice, performed 
the duties of the eight prators at Rome, 
and were called propratores : though 
such a governor was frequently, also, 
called prator. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, and 60, 4, 
25, &c. The administration of all pra¬ 
tors, both at Rome and in the provinces, 
consisted in two things, viz. in edicto 
and decret.is ex cdicto. (See Jurisdictio.) 
— The office of prator was first institu¬ 
ted at Rome, A. U. C. 388 , partly be¬ 
cause the consuls, on account of the 
many wars in which thej f commanded, 
could no longer administer justice ; 
partly, that thereby the patricians might 
have a compensation for sharing the 
consulate with the people ( plebs , the ig¬ 
noble). — At first, there was only one 
prator. Sulla made their number six ; 
C®sar, eight ; Augustus made sixteen. 
— Cic. ad Div. 2, 17, 12. Prator, for 
proconsul. — Cic. Prator primus, h. c. 
who was first elected. By this some un¬ 
derstand the prator urbanus. 
PR/EToRIaNOS (pratorium), a, um, adj. 
2 of or belonging to the body-guard, prat.o- 
rian. Tacit, miles, h. e. a soldier of the 
emperor's body-guard. -IT Also, from 
prator, of or belonging to the prator. 
Pandect, tutor, h. e. qui a pratore urbis 
d3.ri solct 
PR/ETo RICTUS, or PRHHToRITItiS(pr®- 
3 tor), a, um, adj. of or relatingto the pra¬ 
tor. Martial, corona, h. e. received from 
the prator at the public games. 
PR/RToRTUM, ii, n. See Pratorius. 
PRAlToRIOS (prator), a, um, adj. of or 
belonging to a general. Cas. cohors, 
h. e. the body-guard which every general 
had, the jiratorian cohort. Hence, of 
Catiline, the chief and leader of the rat>- 
ble that had conspired with him against 
the senate. Cic. Scortatorum pratori- 
am cohortem. — The governor, also, a 
proconsul or proprator, had a cohors 
pratoria, h. e. a suite. Cic. — Particu¬ 
larly the emperors had cohorts a:, a 
body-guard, called cohortes pralciii, or 
pratoriana. Tacit, and Suet. — Liv. na¬ 
vis, h. e. the commander’s or admiral's 
ship. Prop, classica, h. e. the signal of 
the general, as, for an attack. Cic. 
imperium, h. e. command of a fleet. 
Cas. porta, h. e. gate of a camp, where 
the general had his tent. - IT Also, of, 
belonging or relating to the prator or pra¬ 
tors. Liv. comitia, h. e. the election of 
the prators. Cic. turba, h. e. frequenting 
these comitia. Id. jus, A. e. proceeding 
from him, consisting in his sentences. 
Hence, Pandect, actio. Id. exceptio, 
h. e. customary there. Id. potestas, A. e. 
the office of a prator. Cic. Vir pratorius, 
or, simply, pratorius, sc. vir, A. e. a pra- 
torian man, one that has been a prator. 
Also, a man of the rank of a prator. Plin. 
Ep. -IT Also, of, belonging or relating 
to the proprator. Cic. domus, A. e. the 
house or palace of a prator in a province. 
— Pratorium, subst., sc. tentorium, or 
tabernaculum, the general’s tent, orarf,- 
yiov. Cas. and Liv. And because 
councils of war were held therein, 
hence, a council of war. Liv. dimittere, 
or mittere, A. e. to dismiss. — Also, figur. 
the cell of the queen-bee. Virg. — Prato¬ 
rium, sc. domicilium, or sdificium, the 
house or palace of the governor of a prov¬ 
ince, the prator’s or proprietor’s house, 
itKacrypiov. Cic. — Hence, perhaps, 
a royal palace. Juvenal, regis. — Also, 
any splendid building, magnificent villa or 
country-seal. Suet, and Pandect. — Al¬ 
so, the emperor’s body-guard. Sueton. 
Their commander was called prafectus 
pratorio, of whom there were two. 
PRET5RQ.UE5 (pra & torqueo), es, si, 
2 turn, a. 2. to twist forwards or round. 
Plaut. 
PRTEToRRIDOS (pr® fctorridus), a,um, 
3 adj. very hot, very dry. Calpurn. ®s- 
tas. 
PRiEToRTCS, a, um. See Prator- 
qnco. 
PRiETRaCTaTOS (pr® & tractatus), us, 
3 m. a previous treatise, an introduction, 
TkVPtnrp 'T'p'rtu I / 
PR/ETREPID5 (pr® & trepido), as, n. 1. 
3 to tremble much, be very hasty. Catull. 
PRiETREPIDOS (pr® & trepidus), a, um, 
adj. trembling very much, very hasty, pal¬ 
pitating, throbbing. Pers. cor.-- IT Al¬ 
so, trembling very much, very anxious or 
disquieted. Sueton. homo. 
PRETRTCoSuS (pra &. tricosus), a, um, 
3 adj. confused, intricate or laborious. Mar¬ 
tial. 3, 63, 14. res. (Al. pertric. or pe- 
tric.) 
PRH3TR0NC5 (pr® & trunco), as, a. 1. 
3 to cut off before, or, in general, to cut off, 
cut out, drroKQKTW. Plaut. 
PRETOMIDuS (pr® & tumidus), a, um, 
3 adj. very much swollen , rising, puffed up, 
puffing up. Claudian. furor. 
PRETuRX (prator), ®, f. the pnetorship; 
tlic office, or dignity of a praetor, errapx' ia - 
Cic. Pratura se abdicare, A. e. to re¬ 
sign. 
PRETuTII, orurn, m. a people of Picenum 
in Italy. — Hence, Pratutius, a, um, adj. 
of or belonging to the country of the Pratu- 
tii. Plin. — PratutTanus, a, um, adj. of 
or belonging to the Pratutii. Liv. ager. 
PREVXEeNTIa (pravaleo), ®, f. supen- 
3 or force, prevalence. Pandect. 
PRAEVXLE6 (pr® & valeo), es, ui, n. 2. 
2 to prevail, be better or more able, be of 
more value or worth , be stronger or mere 
powerful, excel, exceed, vircpiaxvoJ. Liv. 
Pravalens populus. Sueton. auctonta- 
te. Phcedr. Sapientia pravalet virtute, 
A. e. has more power than virtue. — 
U Also, of medicines, to have great vir¬ 
tue or efficacy, be very good against. 
Plin. Lac pravalet ad vitia sananda. 
PREVXLeSCS (pr® & valesco), is, n. J. 
2 to irrow or become very strong. Colum. 
PRiEVXLIDe (pravalidus), adv. very 
2 strona-ly, raw ic%ep(3f. Plin. 
PREVXLIDfiS (pr® & validus), a, um, 
2 adj. very able or strong, very stout or re- 
