praetemptes
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;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mihi plena ueneno occurrat serpens, fatoque pericula uestra praetemptate meo. sitiat quicumque bibentem uiderit, aut umbras nemorum quicumque..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...cornua malo expediunt, alii tonsas in marmore summo praetemptant, prora funem legit Argus ab alta. increscunt matrum gemitus..."