praetemptarent
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;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ictus potes, dum videris amplecti, tu blanda manu praetemptare pectus, ubi adsiduo visceris pulsu non quiescat anima..." - P
Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...loca castris ipse capere, aestuaria ac silvas ipse praetemptare; et nihil interim apud hostis quietum pati, quo minus..."