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praecurrite

Dictionary entries

  • praecurro, praecurrere, praecucurri, praecursus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = run before, hasten on before; precede; anticipate;

    Entry →
    pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd

Examples

  • M

    IV

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES

    "...populorum ardentes caelo faces et crinita siderum flamma praecurrit. praedicebar bello, monstrabar armis, agebat ante se ventura feritas..."
  • G

    Poems

    Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems

    "...habere Brixia Cycneae supposita speculae, flavus quam molli praecurrit flumine Mella, Brixia Veronae mater amata meae..."
  • G

    Liber II

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI

    "...quae pridie sibi confirmassent, sequi sese iubet et praecurrit ante omnes. Adeo erat impedita vallis, ut in ascensu..."
  • P

    Dialogus de Oratoribus

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works

    "...quae pro M. Tullio aut Aulo Caecina legimus? Praecurrit hoc tempore iudex dicentem et, nisi aut cursu argumentorum..."
  • G

    Liber IV

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...videor ignosce, primum quia votis suis amor plerumque praecurrit; deinde quod in ea civitate, in qua omnia quasi..."

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