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                    "description": "(P. a.) : prae-for, fātus, 1 (old\n* Imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1: praefamino,id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.\n* In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface: in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28: quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.,Cic. Univ. 10 fin.: cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc.,Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4: sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus,Just. 11, 5, 5: arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus,Curt. 6, 7, 3: is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc.,id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.\n* Esp.\n* In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand: majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur,Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: pontifice maximo praefante carmen,Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condantur ... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the deity: Janum Jovemque vino praefamino,id. ib. 141, 2: divos,Verg. A. 11, 301.\n* To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence\n* To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.\n* Praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.): condemnatus ex praefatis causis,Dig. 20, 4, 12: jura,ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.: sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid,without saying, By your leave,Arn. 5, 176: vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus,Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface: praefato opus est,Symm. Ep. 6, 3.\n* Praefandus, a, um, , for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology: praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium,Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions: in praefanda videmur incidere,Quint. 8, 3, 45."
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