dē-prĕcor, ātus, 1
* V. dep. a.
* To avert, ward off (from one's self or others) by earnest prayer; to deprecate; also to pray, to intercede for the averting of any evil, or to obtain pardon for any transgression (cf. Gell. 6, 16, 3).
* In gen. (for syn. cf.: averto, averrunco, avoco, revoco —freq. and class.), constr. with the acc. (rei v. personae), the inf., the acc. and inf., ne, quominus, quin, and absol.
* To pray for, intercede in behalf of (that which is in danger): vitam alicujus ab aliquo,Cic. Sull. 26; cf. vitam sibi, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3; paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum,Tac. H. 1, 41: quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam, sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,Cic. Fam. 12, 24. Also with personal objects: a vobis deprecor custodem salutis meae,Cic. Planc. 42, 102: nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,id. Agr. 2, 36 fin.: te assiduae lacrimae C. Marcelli deprecantur,id. Fam. 4, 7 fin.—Sometimes, by zeugma, deprecor is used in both senses, I. and II., with different objects: non mortem sed dilationem mortis deprecantur, Justin. 11, 9, 14; Gronov. ad loc.!*? dēprĕcātus, in pass. signif.: deprecatum bellum,Just. 8, 5, 4: deprecato summo numine, Ap. M. 11, p. 270.
* In relig. lang., to imprecate: diras devotiones in eum deprecata, Ap. M. 9, p. 227.
* With inf.: umbram accipere,Stat. Th. 8, 116; Luc. 9, 213.—*
* With acc. and inf., to plead in excuse: postquam errasse regem et Jugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt,Sall. J. 104, 4.—(ε) With ne: primum deprecor, ne me, etc.,Cic. Fin. 2, 1: unum petere ac deprecari ... ne se armis despoliaret,Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 4: spem ne nostram fieri patiare caducam, deprecor,Ov. H. 15 (16), 170; cf. no., β; so, opp. to postulo ut,Liv. 40, 15, 8.—And with the dat. of the person for whom one entreats: deprecari alicui ne vapulet, Plaut. As. grex 5.—(ζ) With quominus: neque illum se deprecari, quominus pergat,Liv. 3, 9, 10 (but non precarere is the true reading in Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79 fin.).—So very rarely (η) with quin: quin gravedinem ipsi ferat frigus,Cat. 44, 18.—(θ) With ut (rarely): deprecatus esse dicitur, ut se tertium in amicitiam reciperent,Lact. 5, 17, 23; cf. supra,Petr. 30, 9.—(ι) Absol.: pro amico, pro republica deprecari,Cic. Sest. 12 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 14: arma deponat, roget, deprecetur,Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 3; id. Or. 40, 138; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; Quint. 5, 13, 2; *Verg. A. 12, 931 al.
* Transf.: quasi non totidem mox deprecor illi Assidue,execrate,Cat. 92, 3 (dictum est quasi detestor vel exsecror vel depello vel abominor, Gell. 6, 16, 5).

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