precetur
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. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...obstupefactus resistat et ut fas sit vidisse tacitus precetur, tum evocante ipsa vultus benignitate productus adoret ac supplicet..." 
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uictique ad limen Adrasti Aonias referat clades, tenuemque precetur rex Thebanus opem? miserae quid crimina gentis pandere, quid..."- Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...apertis otia portis; ille tegat commissa deosque precetur et oret, ut redeat miseris, abeat Fortuna superbis. Tibia..."