prex (noun F) : (nom. and
* Gen. sing. not in use; dat. and acc. sing. only ante-class.; most freq. in plur.), f. precor, a prayer, request, entreaty (class.).
* In gen.: nunc te oro per precem,Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 47: nihil est preci loci relictum,Ter. And. 3, 4, 22: prece te oro,Hor. S. 2, 6, 13: multā prece prosequi aliquem,id. C. 4, 5, 33: cum magnā prece ad aliquem scribere,Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2: prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici uti,id. Inv. 1, 16, 22: nec prece, nec pretio, nec gratiā, nec simultate a rectā viā deduci,Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4: omnibus precibus te oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 9, 11, A, § 3: omnibus precibus petere, ut, etc.,Caes. B. G. 5, 6; Liv. 28, 2: fatigare aliquem precibus,id. 1, 11: precibus flecti,Verg. A. 2, 689: moveri,Ov. H. 7, 3: vinci,id. M. 9, 401: adduci,Caes. B. G. 1, 16: ad miseras preces Decurrere,Hor. C. 3, 29, 59.
* In partic.
* A prayer to a deity: in prece totus eram,Ov. F. 6, 251: eorum preces et vota exaudiens,Cic. Planc. 41, 97: vota et preces repudiare,id. Clu. 70, 201: tribuunt ei successus petitionum a potestatibus, et a diis etiam precum,Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66.
* A good wish, friendly greeting: tuis Kalendis damus alternas accipimusque preces,exchange good wishes,Ov. F. 1, 176.
* A curse, imprecation: omnibus precibus detestatus Ambiorigem,Caes. B. G. 6, 30: misit Thyesteas preces,Hor. Epod. 5, 86: hostili caput prece detestari,Ov. M. 15, 505.
* An intercession (poet.): jam prece Pollucis, jam Castoris imploratā,Cat. 68, 65.

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