precare
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;
sg. pres. imp. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Scauro ne quid in eius iudicio gratia valeret precarer". XXV. Paene idem fons est illius quam "permissionem" vocant..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...socii femina parte tori, Nycteliumque patrem nocturnaque sacra precare, Ne iubeant capiti vina nocere tuo. Hic tibi multa..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cursu in Italiam peruenerunt neque erat, quod ultra precarer, illud optaui, ut, cum ex summo retro uolui fortuna..."