praetemptanda
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praetempto, praetemptare, praetemptavi, praetemptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pre-test, try out in advance; feel/search/grope out beforehand;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. pl. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dicantur, sed quod in ingressu parcius et modestius praetemptanda sit iudicis misericordia, in epilogo vero liceat totos effundere..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...verba tabellis? ante erat ambiguis animi sententia dictis praetemptanda mihi. ne non sequeretur euntem, parte aliqua veli, qualis..."