praetemptandas
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;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- M
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..." - P
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..."