praevenerat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praevenio, praevenire, praeveni, praeventus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
arrive/occur/come first/before/too soon; precede; surpass; anticipate/forestall;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...ipse ardua fido cum Diomede petit. sed iam praevenerat arcis litoreae servator Abas ignotaque regi ediderat, sed Graia..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...pergeret patebat: tum consilii inops in Palatium redit. Praevenerat rumor eiurari ab eo imperium, scripseratque Flavius Sabinus cohortium..."