precandi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →precor, precari, precatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beg/implore/entreat; wish/pray for/to; pray, supplicate, beseech;
gen. sg. fut. part.gen. sg. fut. part.nom. pl. fut. part.voc. pl. fut. part.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...committitis ullisarma quibus fas est. nobis haec summa precandi:terribilis aquilas infestaque signa relinquas 330urbe procul nostrisque uelis..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...partes. X. Protagoran transeo, qui interrogandi respondendi mandandi precandi (quod eucholen dixit) partes solas putat. Plato in Sophiste..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...funere: ubi hi fletus, ubi tunc ars tanta precandi? ast ego non proprio diros impendo dolori Oedipodionidas: rogat..."