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..."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..."