(verb) : prae-cĭno, cĭnŭi (e. g. praecinuit, Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 54), centum, 3, and
* A. [cano].
* Neutr., to sing or play before (class.): et deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt,Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4: praecinere sibi tibias jussit,Flor. 2, 2, 10: praecinente citharā,Gell. 1, 11, 6: tubā praecinente,sounding beforehand,Flor. 2, 16, 5.
* In partic., to utter an incantation: carmine cum magico praecinuisset anus,Tib. 1, 5, 12.
* Act., to sing to one: gemitum,a funeral song,Stat. S. 5, 3, 59.
* To foretell, predict: magnum aliquid deos populo Romano praemonstrare et praecinere,Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20: lucos praecinuisse fugam,Tib. 2, 5, 74: lymphati futura praecinunt,Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 185: cursum sideris,foretell,id. 2, 12, 9, § 54: responsa,i. e. to give responses respecting the future, to utter predictions,id. 25, 9, 59, § 106.

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