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1 praevalidus
praevălĭdus, a, um, adj. [praevaleo], very strong (not in Cic. or Cæs.).I.Lit.A.Of persons:B.juvenis,
Liv. 7, 5:legiones,
Vell. 2, 69, 2:cohortes,
Tac. H. 2, 28.—Of things:II. A.manus,
Ov. H. 9, 80:ramus,
Suet. Vesp. 5.—Of persons, Tac. A. 3, 35.—B.Of things:urbes,
Liv. 27, 39:neu (terra) se praevalidam primis ostendat aristis,
too strong, bearing too abundantly, Verg. G. 2, 252:nomina equitum,
great, imposing, Tac. A. 12, 60 fin.:praevalida et adulta vitia,
prevalent, id. ib. 3, 53.—Hence, adv.: praevă-lĭdē, very strongly (post-Aug.), Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 108.
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