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..."- P
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..."