PRiE 
PRA 
PRA 
bust, vnspiirxvpoi. Liv. juvenis. Sue- 
ton. ramus. — Also, very powerful. Liv. 
urbes. Hence, Virg. terra, h. e. too fer¬ 
tile, bearing too abundantly. Tacit, vi- 
tia, h. e. prevailing or increasing too 
much. _ 
riUEVALLS (pr® & vallo), as, a. 1. to 
2 fortify before. Hurt. 
PRTEVAPoRS (pr® & vaporo), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to fumigate or perfume before¬ 
hand. Cxi.Aurel. 
PjL£VaRICaTI 5 (prsvaricor), onis, f. 
a transgressing the line of duty, particu¬ 
larly of a pleader who is guilty of col¬ 
lusion with the opposite party, a shuf¬ 
fling, prevaricating, betraying the cause 
of one's client. xaSvipecns. Cic. 
PRA3VaRICaT 5R (Id.), oris, m. an ad¬ 
vocate who collusively favors his oppo¬ 
nent, a prevaricator, shuffler, one guilty 
of foul play in pleading, KaSv^errip. Cic. 
Prevaricator significat eum, qui in con- 
trariis causis quasi varie esse positus 
videatur. — Also, with a genit. follow¬ 
ing. Cic. Catiline. Id. cause public®. 
PR/EVaUIC a T RIX (prevaricator;, Icis, 
3 f. she that sins. Augustin. 
PRiEVARrCSR (pr® & varico), ans, atus 
sum,dep. 1. to straddle, walk wide; not to 
go straight ; to go crodlced or make a balk 
in ploughing. Plin. Arator prevarica- 
tur. — Hence, to act wrongly, transgress 
his duty, particularly in a court of’jus- 
tice, when one accuses or defends a 
person only in appearance, but in reali¬ 
ty favors the opposite party, to act by 
collusion in pleading, be guilty of colluso- 
ry practices, &c. Cic. Also, with a dal. 
following. Cic. accusationi. 
PRiEVaROS (pr® & varus), a, urn, adj. 
1 very crooked, irregular or bad. Cic. 
PR7E VEH5 (pr® & veho), is, xi, ctum, a. 
2 3. to carry, convey, or lead forth or before. 
Hence, Pr®vehi, tc ride, fly, flow forth or 
before. Liv. Equites prevecti, h. e. ri¬ 
ding before. Virg. Prevectus equo. 
Tacit. Missilia pnevehuntur, h. e. flew 
before them. -IT Also, to carry, convey 
or lead by or past. Hence, Prevehi, to 
go, pass, fly, flow or ride past or by. Liv. 
Prevectus prater undecim fasces, h. e. 
having rode by. Tacit. Rhenus Gernia- 
niatn pr®vehitur, h. c. flows by. Figur. 
Plin. Verba pnevehuntur. 
PRA3VILL5 (pr® & vello), is, velli and 
3 vulsi, vulsum, a. 3. to tear away before¬ 
hand or before, or, in general, to tear 
away. Laber. and Tertull. 
PRiEVkL 5 (pr® & velo), as, a. J. to veil | 
3 or cover before, or, simply, to veil, cover, 
rpoKa\viTTO>. Claudian. pudorem. 
PR.EVeLoX (pr® & velox), ocis, very 
2 swift. Plin. 
PRy£V£NI5 (pr® & venio), is, eni, en- 
2 turn, a. 4. to come before, get the start, 
npocpxuuat. Liv. Hostis breviore via 
pnevenit. Pandect, accusando, h. -c. to 
accuse beforehand, to anticipate with an 
accusation, come sooner with it. — Also, 
with an accus. following, to anticipate, 
prevent. Liv. hostem. Id. desiderium 
plebis. Id. famam. Hence, Ovid, and 
Justin. Morte prsventns, h. e. prevented 
by his death. Tacit. Nisi pr®veniretur 
Agrippina, h. e. was killed beforehand. — 
Hence, figur. to surpass, excel, exceed, be 
superior. Colum. 
PRTEVeNTOR (prevenio), oris, m. that 
” comes before. Ammian. Prsventores, 
h. e. a kind of soldiers. 
PRAEVkNTOS (Id.), us, m. a preventing. 
d Tertull. 
PRAVeNTOS, a, um. See Prcevenio. 
1 R/EVeRBIUM (pr® & verbum), ii, n. a 
d preposition. Varr. 
PRAIVeRNS (pr® & verno), as, n. 1. 
Plin. Prevernat, h. c. it is spring too 
early, spring comes on too soon. 
1RA1VeRR 5 (pr® & verro), is, a. 3. to 
d sweep or brush before. Ovid. 
PR7EVERT5, and PRAEVoRTS (pr® & 
verto, or vorto), is, ti, sum, a. 3. and, 
in several instances, Pr®vertor, eris, 
sus sum, dep. 3. to prefer. Cic. Quod 
huic sermoni pr®vertendum putes.- 
il Also, to outstrip, get the start of, get 
before, outrun. Virg. ventos cursu. 
Id. ventos equo.— Hence, figur. to pre¬ 
vent, anticipate, be beforehand with. Liv. 
Quorum usum opportunitas pr®vertit, 
"• *• has rendered useless. Ovid. Pr®- 
88 
vertunt me fata. Lucan, tristia leto. 
Oell. Mors pr®verterat. — Also, to take 
possession of beforehand, prepossess. 
Virg. animos amore. — Also, to take 
before another. Plant, poculum. — Al¬ 
so, to obviate, hinder, guard against. Se- 
ren. Samm. virus. — Also, to surpass. 
Cic. Sail. lb. Quem noil pr®verterim, 
sc. in speaking harshly. — Also, figur. 
to prevail over, have more force or weinrkt, 
be superior, preferable, or of greater im¬ 
portance. Liv. Bello pr®vertisse quic- 
quam. Plaut. Metus pr®vertit. - 
U Also, to apply one’s self beforehand or 
principally to any thing. Horat. Illud 
pr®vertamur, h. e. above all let us turn 
oar attention to this. Colum. Nos ad ea 
prsverti. — Also, with a dat. or accus. to 
do first or in preference to any thing else, 
despatch first. Plaut. Rei mandat® 
pr®verti decet. Id. Hoc pr®vertar pri- 
mum. Liv. Coacti omnibus earn rem 
pr®verti. Id. Aliud pr®vertendum sibi 
esse, Ii. e. he had something more impor¬ 
tant to do. Hence, perhaps, Plaut. Si 
quid dictum est per jocum, non requuin 
est, id te serio pravortier, li. e. take in 
earnest. Id. In rem quod sit, prreverta- 
ris, h. e. do, perform. Id. Cave pigriti® 
pr®vortaris, h. e. do not give yourself 
up to. 
PR7EV2T5 (pr® & veto), as, ui,Itum, a. 
3 1. to forbid beforehand. — Hence, Prreve- 
titus, a, um, forbidden beforehand. Sil. 
PRA5VeX 5 (pr® & vexo), as, avi, atum, 
3 a. I. to torment, vex, misuse, or weaken 
beforehand or very much. Cxi. Aurel. 
vires. 
PRAWIDE5 (pr® & video), es, Tdi, Isum, 
2 a. 2. to see before, foresee, irpoopdco. Cic. 
futura.-IT Also, to provide beforehand. 
JVepos. Nisi quid pr®vidisset.-IT Al¬ 
so, to overlook, not to see. Tacit. Ann. 
12, 63. Previsa locorum utilitate. (Lips. 
and Pick, read parum visa.) In Horat. 
Sat. 1, 3, 25. some read quum tua preevi- 
deas mala. But others read pervideas. 
PRA3VINCI5 (pr® & vincio), is, nxi, 
3 nctum, a. 4. to bind before, or, in gene¬ 
ral, to bind, tie. Oell. 
PRATVINCTOS, a, um. 3 See Prcevincio. 
PRA3VIRIDIS (pr® & viridis), e, adj. 
3 very green. Frontin. 
PRAIVIRIDS (pr® & virido), as, n. 1. to 
3 be very verdant. Figur. to be very vigo¬ 
rous. Laber. 
PRA2VTS0S, a, um. See Prxvideo. 
PRAEVITI5 (pr® & vitio), as, avi, atum, 
3 a. 1. to corrupt or infect beforehand, izpo- 
KaTaioxvvcn. Ovid, gurgitem. 
PR7EVI0S (pr® & via), a, um, adj. going 
1 before, leading the way, previous, bdqyds. 
Ovid. 
PRA30LCKR5 (pr® & ulcero), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to cause to ulcerate or to make 
sore beforehand. Cxi. Aurel. 
PRAIujVIBRS (pr® & uinbro), as, a. 1. to 
2 cast a shade, darken, obscure, czioKiagto. 
Tacit. 
PR7E0NG5 (pr® & ungo), is, nxi, nctum, 
3 a. 3. to anoint o’r smear before. Thevd. 
Prise, vulnus — Hence, Prsunctus, a, 
um, anointed or smeared before. Cxi. 
Aurel. 
PRA50R5 (pr® & uro), is, ussi, ustum, n. 
3. to burn any thing before, burn at the 
end or point. Liv. Hasta prausta. Cies. 
Sudes pi-roust®, h. e. burnt at the point 
in order to harden them. — Also, of 
cold. Plin. Pneustis nive membris, 
h. e. parched, blistered, frostbitten. 
PRA1V5L5 (pr® & volo), as, n. 1. to fly. 
1 before or first. Cic. — Figur. Plaut. No- 
visse mores me tuos meditate decet, cu- 
ramque adhibere, ut pr®volet mihi, quo 
tu velis. 
PR/EUT, or PRA1 UT. See Prce. 
PRaGMATICaRIOS (pragmaticus), ii, m. 
3 one that writes down or composes imperial 
edicts and the like. Cod. Just. 
PRaGMXTICOS ( irpaypariKd ;), a, um, 
adj. experienced in state affairs or politics, 
having knowledge of business or of the 
world,political. Cic. homo, h. e. a man of 
business, man of the world. Id. Si quid 
pragmaticon habes, scribe, li. e. any thing 
relating to politics or state affairs. - 
IT With the Grecians, and afterwards 
with the Romans, pragmatici means per¬ 
sons skilful in the law and in the manage¬ 
ment of lawsuits, who, for money, gave 
advice to orators and advocates. Cic. _ 
With later writers, pragmaticus means 
a lawyer, advocate. Quintil. 3, 6, 58; 
12, 3, 4. Juvenal. 7, J23.-IT Also- 
relaling to civil affairs. Hence, Cod, 
Just, l’ragmatica sanctio, A. c. an impe¬ 
rial decree, edict, or ordinance made at the 
request of a community. So, also, Au¬ 
gustin. Rescriptum pragmaticum, or, 
simply, Cod. Theod. Pragmaticum. 
PRaMNIOS (irpupuios), a, um, adj. Pram- 
nian. Plin. vinum, A. e. a kind of excel¬ 
lent wine near Smyrna. -II Pramnion, 
a kind of precious stone, a kind of morion. 
Plin. 37, 03. 
PRaNDEQ (prandium), es, piandi, pran 
sum, a. 2. to eat before the ccena or prin¬ 
cipal meal, to breakfast, eat in the fore¬ 
noon. Cic. —Also, with an acmsat. fol¬ 
lowing, to breakfast upon, or eat any 
thing before the principal meal, and some¬ 
times in general to cat. Plaut. prandi¬ 
um calidum. Horat. olus.-II See, 
also, Pransus, a, um. 
PRaNDIUM (from Iior. rrpau, for npcot), 
ii, n. a breakfast, luncheon, amoTov. 
Tlie Romans had only one regular meal 
called cxna, about 3 o’clock in the af¬ 
ternoon. Whoever would or could not 
wait till that time, ate something, as. 
bread, fishes, roasted meat, &c. The 
nobles and higher classes of the Ro¬ 
mans considered it improper to make 
this a regular meal, with wine, &c. Cic. 
l’randioruni adparatus et vinolentiam. 
Id. Prandium alicui videre, A. e. to pro¬ 
vide. Plaut. coquere. Id. comedere, 
or, Id. prandere. Such prandia were 
also given by candidates to their tributes. 
Cic. Also by the emperor to the people. 
Sueton. — It denotes also any meal. Mar¬ 
tial. Tereos.- IT Also,.of the feed¬ 
ing or eating of animals. Plaut. 
PRaNSITS (frequentat. of prandeo), as, 
3 avi, atum, a. 1. to eat in the forenoon. 
Also, in genera], to eat. Plaut. 
PRaNS&R (prandeo), oris, m. one that 
3 eats in the forenoon, or partakes of a meal 
in the forenoon, a guest, dpiiTorfip. Plaut. 
PRaNSoRIuS (pransor), a, um, adj. of 
2 or belonging to eating at noon or in the 
forenoon. Quintil. 6, 3, 99. candela¬ 
brum, for humile. 
PRaNSuS (prandeo), a, um, adj. that has 
eaten in the forenoon or before the principal 
meal, that has breakfasted, and, perhaps, 
sometimes in general, that hus eaten. 
Horat. -- Soldiers usually took a meal 
before an engagement. Liv. Ducibus 
preceptiun, ut prandere omnes juberent, 
armatos deinde signum exspectare. 
Hence, of soldiers, Curatus et pransus, 
ready. Liv. Ut ante lucem viri equique 
curati et pransi essent. So, also, Cato. 
Pransus et paratus. — But Pransus po- 
tus, that has loaded his stomach with 
meat and wine , besotted with meat and 
drink. Cic. 
PRAPED1LON (unc.), i, n. the herb lion’s- 
3 foot. Apul. 
PRaSINaTOS (prasinus), a, uYn, adj. 
2 wearing a leek-green garment. Pctron. 
PRXSTNi'S (itpdcrivof), a, um, adj. of the 
2 color of a leelc, greenish, green, porra- 
ceous. Plin. color. Sueton. factio, A. e. 
'the leelc-green faction of charioteers in the 
circus. For the charioteers were distrib¬ 
uted into four parties or factions, distin¬ 
guished by the different color of their 
dress, viz. alba, rnssata, vencta, prasina. 
— Hence, belonging to them. Sueton. 
Prasinus agitator, or, simply, Martial. 
Prasinus, sc. agitator. 
PRASI5N, or PRXSIUM, ii, n. See Pra- 
sius. 
PRXSTOS (irpaoins), a, um, adj. leek-green. 
— Hence, Prasius, sc. lapis, a kind of 
precious stone of the color of leek. Plin. 
37, 34.-U Prasion, or Prasium, ii, n. 
the plant horehound (Marrubium vulgare, 
L.). Plin. 20, 89. 
PRASSiDeS (trpaooetSris), is, of the color ef 
leek, leek-green. Hence, a kind of topaz. 
Plin. 
PRAS5N ( irpacrov), i, n. a marine shrub 
resembling leek. Plin. 13, 43. 
PRaTeNSIS (pratum), e, adj. of or belong- 
2 ing to a meadow, \eipdjetog. Horat. fun¬ 
gus. Plin. flores, A. e. meadow-flowers. 
PRaTOLUM (dimin. of pratum), i, n. « 
little meadow, Xecucoviov Cic. 
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