(verb) : prae-curro, cŭcurri (curri, Liv. 8, 30, 13 Weissenb.), cursum, 3, and
* A., to run before, hasten on before, precede (class.; cf.: antecedo, antevenio).
* Neutr.
* Lit.: eā ego huc praecucurri gratiā, ne, etc.,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 110: propere praecucurrit,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 11: praecucurrit index ad Persea,Liv. 40, 7, 7: praecurrunt equites,Caes. B. G. 6, 39: praecurrit ante omnes,id. B. C. 2, 34, 5: citius Petro,Vulg. Johan. 20, 4.
* Act.
* In gen., to hasten before a person or thing, to precede, go before, anticipate: illud praecurrere cogor, to combat in advance, * Lucr. 1, 371: aliquem aetate,Cic. Or. 52, 176: ita praecurrit amicitia judicium,id. Lael. 17, 62: nec appetitus rationem praecurrant,id. Off. 1, 29, 102.
* In partic., to surpass, excel in any quality: aliquem,Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 28: aliquem nobilitate,Nep. Thras. 1, 3: aliquem judicio,Tac. Or. 22.—Hence, praecurrentĭa, ĭum, n. In rhetoric like antecedentia, things that go before, antecedents, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166: primordia rerum et quasi praecurrentia,id. Part. 2, 7.—* Part. perf.: praecursus, a, um, having preceded: rumore praecurso,Amm. 18, 2, 1.

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