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(verb) : prae-ĕo (sometimes written in inscrr. with one e, PRAERAT, etc.), īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, īre, and
* A., to go before, lead the way, precede (syn.: praegredior, antecedo).
* Lit.
* Neutr.: ut consulibus lictores praeirent,Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: domino praeire,Stat. Th. 6, 519: Laevinus Romam praeivit,Liv. 26, 27 fin.: praetor dictus, qui praeiret jure et exercitu,Varr. L. L. 5, § 80 Müll.; cf.: in re militari praetor dictus, qui praeiret exercitui,id. ib. 5, 16, § 87 ib.: praeeunte carinā,Verg. A. 5, 186; Ov. F. 1, 81.
* Trop.
* In gen., to go before, precede (rare but class.).
* Neutr.: naturā praeeunte,Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.
* In partic., a relig. and publicist's t. t., to precede one in reciting a formula (as of prayer, consecration, an oath, etc.), i. e. to repeat first, to dictate any thing (the predom. signif. of the word); constr. most freq. with aliquid (alicui), and less freq. with verbis, voce, or absol.
* Aliquid (alicui): praei verba, quibus me pro legionibus devoveam,Liv. 8, 9, 4: aedem Concordiae dedicavit, coactusque pontifex maximus verba praeire,to dictate the formula of consecration,id. 9, 46, 6; cf. id. 4, 21, 5; 5, 41, 3; 10, 28, 14: praeeuntibus exsecrabile carmen sacerdotibus,id. 31, 17: sacramentum,Tac. H. 1, 36; 2, 74: obsecrationem,Suet. Claud. 22: cum scriba ex publicis tabulis sollemne ei praecationis carmen praeiret,Val. Max. 4, 1, 10.
* Praeire verbis: praei verbis quid vis,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 48.
* Transf., apart from technical lang., to recite, read, sing, or play before one (rare but class.): ut vobis voce praeirent, quid judicaretis,Cic. Mil. 2, 3: si legentibus singulis praeire semper ipsi velint,wish to read before,Quint. 2, 5, 3; 1, 2, 12; and: praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce,id. 1, 10, 16: tibiam Caio Graccho cum populo agenti praeisse ac praemonstrasse modulos ferunt,Gell. 1, 11, 10.
* In partic., to lead the way, by orders, directions, precepts: omnia, uti decemviri praeierunt, facta,Liv. 43, 13 fin. (cf. praefor): si de omni quoque officio judicis praeire tibi me vis,Gell. 14, 2, 12.— Hence, praeiens, Part., going before; as subst.: praeiens, euntis, m., he who precedes another, as a precentor or leader: lectio non omnis nec semper praeeunte eget,Quint. 1, 2, 12.
* A., to go before, lead the way, precede (syn.: praegredior, antecedo).
* Lit.
* Neutr.: ut consulibus lictores praeirent,Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: domino praeire,Stat. Th. 6, 519: Laevinus Romam praeivit,Liv. 26, 27 fin.: praetor dictus, qui praeiret jure et exercitu,Varr. L. L. 5, § 80 Müll.; cf.: in re militari praetor dictus, qui praeiret exercitui,id. ib. 5, 16, § 87 ib.: praeeunte carinā,Verg. A. 5, 186; Ov. F. 1, 81.
* Trop.
* In gen., to go before, precede (rare but class.).
* Neutr.: naturā praeeunte,Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.
* In partic., a relig. and publicist's t. t., to precede one in reciting a formula (as of prayer, consecration, an oath, etc.), i. e. to repeat first, to dictate any thing (the predom. signif. of the word); constr. most freq. with aliquid (alicui), and less freq. with verbis, voce, or absol.
* Aliquid (alicui): praei verba, quibus me pro legionibus devoveam,Liv. 8, 9, 4: aedem Concordiae dedicavit, coactusque pontifex maximus verba praeire,to dictate the formula of consecration,id. 9, 46, 6; cf. id. 4, 21, 5; 5, 41, 3; 10, 28, 14: praeeuntibus exsecrabile carmen sacerdotibus,id. 31, 17: sacramentum,Tac. H. 1, 36; 2, 74: obsecrationem,Suet. Claud. 22: cum scriba ex publicis tabulis sollemne ei praecationis carmen praeiret,Val. Max. 4, 1, 10.
* Praeire verbis: praei verbis quid vis,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 48.
* Transf., apart from technical lang., to recite, read, sing, or play before one (rare but class.): ut vobis voce praeirent, quid judicaretis,Cic. Mil. 2, 3: si legentibus singulis praeire semper ipsi velint,wish to read before,Quint. 2, 5, 3; 1, 2, 12; and: praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce,id. 1, 10, 16: tibiam Caio Graccho cum populo agenti praeisse ac praemonstrasse modulos ferunt,Gell. 1, 11, 10.
* In partic., to lead the way, by orders, directions, precepts: omnia, uti decemviri praeierunt, facta,Liv. 43, 13 fin. (cf. praefor): si de omni quoque officio judicis praeire tibi me vis,Gell. 14, 2, 12.— Hence, praeiens, Part., going before; as subst.: praeiens, euntis, m., he who precedes another, as a precentor or leader: lectio non omnis nec semper praeeunte eget,Quint. 1, 2, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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