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(v. a.P. a.) : prae-cŏlo, no
* Perf., cultum, 3, v. a.
* To cultivate beforehand, trop.: animi habitus, ad virtutem quasi praeculti et praeparati,Cic. Part. 23, 80.
* To honor, esteem, revere beforehand: nova et ancipitia (i. e. ante tempus opportunum colere),Tac. A. 14, 22.—Hence, praecŭltus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), highly ornamented (postAug.): tunc donis sacro praeculta auro,Stat. Th. 2, 298: genus eloquentiae praecultum,Quint. 11, 1, 31.
* Perf., cultum, 3, v. a.
* To cultivate beforehand, trop.: animi habitus, ad virtutem quasi praeculti et praeparati,Cic. Part. 23, 80.
* To honor, esteem, revere beforehand: nova et ancipitia (i. e. ante tempus opportunum colere),Tac. A. 14, 22.—Hence, praecŭltus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), highly ornamented (postAug.): tunc donis sacro praeculta auro,Stat. Th. 2, 298: genus eloquentiae praecultum,Quint. 11, 1, 31.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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