praescio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praescio, praescire, praescivi, praescitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
foreknow; know in advance;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →praescius, praescia, praescium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
having foreknowledge, prescient;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →praescio, praescere, praescivi, praescitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
get to know/find out/learn beforehand;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...erupturum quandoque per orbitatem patris animum aut tu praescio timore sentires aut ipse periturus. hanc nunc me iactare..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...dignior has subit habenas ex quo me duce praescios Averni Aeneas avide futura quaerens lucos et penetravit..."
