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
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..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...matris deum famulos deae uenire memorant ad precandum Romanum, ut parceret moenibus urbique. nemo eorum uiolatus..."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..."