precandum
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;
acc. sg. fut. part.acc. sg. fut. part.nom. sg. fut. part.voc. sg. fut. part.
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...caedis auctorem indicet. reseranda tellus, Ditis implacabile numen precandum, populus infernae Stygis huc extrahendus: ede cui mandes sacrum..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...matris deum famulos deae uenire memorant ad precandum Romanum, ut parceret moenibus urbique. nemo eorum uiolatus..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...dissimulatis filii offensionibus clementiam offerebae, si ad precandum veniret. ille ignarus doli vel, si intellegere crederetur, vim metuens..."