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                    "description": "prĕcor, ātus (\n* Gen. plur. precantūm, Ov. M. 12, 33; Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 2), 1, v. dep. n. and a. [root Sanscr. pracch- prask-, to ask; Germ. fragen; v. posco].\n* To ask, beg, entreat, pray, supplicate, request, invoke, call upon, beseech; to sue, say, or speak as a suppliant (class.; syn.: oro, rogo, supplico).\n* With acc. of the person addressed: qui ne precari quidem Jovem optimum maximum possit,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; id. Balb. 24, 55: deos colere, precari, venerarique,id. N. D. 1, 42, 119: quid veneramur, quid precamur deos,id. ib. 1, 44, 122; id. Cat. 2, 13, 29: deos tacite malumus et intra nos ipsos precari,Sen. Ben. 2, 1, 4: Nyctelium patrem precare,Ov. A. A. 1, 567.\n* In partic., to wish well or ill to any one, to hail, salute, or address one with a wish, alicui aliquid (class.).\n* With pro and abl. of person prayed for: ut jure sacerdotii precari deos pro te publice possim, quos nunc precor pietate privatā,Plin. Ep. 10, 13 (8) fin.: pro necessario ac propinquo suo,Curt. 5, 3, 14: pro nobis mitte precari,Ov. M. 3, 614: pro te,Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1; Aug. Ep. 175, 5.\n* With acc. of thing prayed for: haec precatus sum,Cic. Pis. 20, 46: hortatur pater veniam precari,Verg. A. 3, 144: tibi di, quaecunque preceris commoda dent,Hor. S. 2, 8, 75: date quae precamur,id. C. S. 3: vitam,Vell. 2, 79, 5; 2, 85, 5: saepe precor mortem,Ov. P. 1, 2, 59.—So with two acc.: quod precarer deos,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 9: ut quod deos precati eritis,Liv. 40, 46, 9: quid habeo aliud deos immortales precari, quam ut, etc.,Suet. Aug. 58 fin.—(ε) With ut, ne, quominus, or (poet.) subj. alone: ut fas sit vidisse, tacitus precatur,Sen. Ep. 115, 4: deosque precetur et oret, ut,Hor. A. P. 200; Cic. Dom. 57, 144; Curt. 7, 2, 31; Liv. 24, 5, 5; 25, 25, 6; 26, 25, 13: pro se quisque precari coepere, ne festinatione periculum augeret,Curt. 3, 5, 14: precare ne jubeant, etc.,Ov. A. A. 1, 568: si id non probares, quominus ambo unā necaremini non precarere,Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79: hoc quoque, dux operis, moneas, precor,Ov. F. 4, 247: det solum miserae mite, precare, fuge,id. P. 2, 2, 68: tandem venias precamur,Hor. C. 1, 2, 30: reddas incolumem precor,id. ib. 1, 3, 7; id. Epod. 3, 20.—(ξ) With ab and abl. of person addressed: precor ab iis ut, etc.,Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5: hoc a diis immortalibus precari, ut, etc.,Nep. Timol. 5, 2: quae precatus a diis sum, ut, etc.,Cic. Mur. 1, 1: ab indigno, id.   Lael. 16, 57: esse stultitiam, a quibus bona precaremur, ab iis dantibus nolle sumere,id. N. D. 3, 34, 84.—(η) With acc. of the prayer: te bonas preces precor, uti sies volens propitius mihi,Cato, R. R. 139; cf. id. ib. 132, 2.—(θ) With object-clause: sibi et vicinis serere se,Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 131: numquam placidas esse precarer aquas,Ov. H. 19, 82.—(ι) With ad: di, ad quos precentur ac supplicent,make supplications,Liv. 38, 43.—(κ) Absol.: fata deūm flecti precando,Verg. A. 6, 376; so freq. in part. pres.: mitis precanti,Stat. Th. 1, 189: verba precantia,Ov. M. 7, 590: manum precantem Protendere,Verg. A. 12, 930: oliva,Stat. Th. 2, 478: eum sororem dedisse Prusiae precanti,Liv. 42, 12, 4; and parenthetically: gnatique patrisque, Alma, precor, miserere,Verg. A. 6, 117: parce, precor,Hor. C. 4, 1, 2; Ov. H. 16, 11; id. Am. 3, 9, 67: per hoc decus, precor,Hor. Epod. 5, 7.\n* Of good wishes: sic exire e patriā, ut omnes sui cives salutem, incolumitatem, reditum precentur,Cic. Pis. 14, 33: cape, Roma, triumphum, Et longum Augusto salva precare diem,Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 50: nos perpetuam felicitatem reipublicae precari,Suet. Aug. 58: sibi et suis εὐθανασίαν similem precabatur, id. ib. 97: alicui immortalitatem,Curt. 8, 5, 16: permittamus vela ventis et oram solventibus bene precemur,Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.\n* Of evil wishes, imprecations; with mala, male, etc., to curse, invoke evil upon: neque, si umquam vobis mala precarer, morbum aut mortem aut cruciatum precarer,Cic. Pis. 19, 43: quod tibi evenit, ut omnes male precarentur,id. ib. 14, 33: (Ajax) mala multa precatus Atridis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 203: male precari,Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 11: pergin' precari pessimo,id. As. 2, 4, 71; cf.: audisti quae malo principi precamur,Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—(Act. form prĕco, āre, Prisc. p. 779 P.; partic. precatus, as passive, Juvenc. 3, 85; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 480, 27.)"
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