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
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..."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..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cursu in Italiam peruenerunt neque erat, quod ultra precarer, illud optaui, ut, cum ex summo retro uolui fortuna..."