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    prae adv.    [PRO-], before, in front: i prae, sequor, go on before, T. I II

    praesēns entis （abl. of persons usu. ente; of things, entī), adj. with comp.    [P. of praesum], at hand, in sight, present, in person: quia ades praesens, because you are here, T.: quo praesente, in whose presence: pauca praesenti consilio locutus, before a council of war, S.: tecum egi, in person: sermo, face to face: adgnoscere praesentia ora, i. e. in plain view, V.: hanc sibi videbit praesens praesentem eripi, T.: in rem praesentem venire, to the very spot: in re praesenti, on the spot, L.—Of time, present, contemporary, existing: res: non solum inopiā praesentis, sed etiam futuri temporis timore, Cs.: fortuna pristina viri, praesenti fortunae conlata, L.: praesenti bello, during hostilities, N.: et praesens aetas et posteritas, Cu.: praesens in tempus omittere, for the present, H.: praesenti tempore, now, O.—As subst n. (sc. tempus), the present: laetus in praesens animus, H.: haec in praesenti scripsi.— Plur, present circumstances, the present state of affairs: amor fastidio praesentium accensus est, Cu.— Happening at once, immediate, instant, prompt, impending: praesens quod fuerat malum in diem abiit, T.: poena: tuā praesenti ope servata urbs, L.: pecunia, cash: praesentibus insidiis liberare, imminent: iam praesentior res erat, more imminent, L.— Operating at once, instant, prompt, efficacious, powerful, influential: auxilium: non ulla magis praesens fortuna laborum est, more effective cure, V.: adeo iniuriae Samnitium quam benefici Romanorum memoria praesentior erat, L.: si quid praesentius audes, more effective, V.: o diva... Praesens vel tollere corpus, vel, etc., H. — Present, collected, resolute: Animo virili praesentique esse, T.: si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens, V.: animus: praesentioribus animis, L. — Present, aiding, favoring, propitious: deus, T.: praesentes saepe di vim suam declarant: Tu, dea, tu praesens, nostro succurre labori, V.

    praetextus adj.    [P. of praetexo], bordered, edged: toga, bordered with purple (worn by the higher magistrates; also by free-born children less than seventeen years of age): aedilicia: togae praetextae habendae ius, L.: eripies pupillae togam praetextam?—As subst f., the toga praetexta: tu in praetextā esse consulatum putas?— Wearing the toga praetexta, with a purple border on the mantle: videre praetextos inimicos, i. e. in supreme power.—As subst f. (sc. fabula), a play in which the bordered toga is worn, tragedy (because eminent Romans were among the characters): praetextas docere, H.

    prō praep. with abl.    [PRO-].—Of place, before, in front of, in face of: sedens pro aede Castoris: pro castris dimicare, Cs.: castra pro moenibus locata, L.: pro castris suas copias produxit, before the camp, Cs.: pro tectis aedificiorum, from the roofs, S.—Of conspicuous appearance or publicity, before, in the presence of, on, in, in front of: hac re pro suggestu pronuntiatā, coming forward on the tribune, Cs.: me significasse... idque pro tribunali, in open court: laudatus pro contione Iugurtha, before the assembled army, S.: pro contione litteras recitare, to the assembly, Cu.: uti pro consilio imperatum erat, in the council, S.: pro collegio pronuntiare, L.—Of defence or protection, for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, in the service of, on the side of: contra omnia dici et pro omnibus: hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius: haec contra legem proque lege dicta, L.: labores dolorem pro patriā suscipere: pro patriā mori, H.: urbes pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae, S.: et locus pro vobis et nox erit, L.—Of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for: ego pro te molam, T.: saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus: pro bene sano fictum vocamus, H.—Esp., in titles: pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens, vice-consul: pro consulibus alqm mittere, non pro consule, instead of the consuls, not as proconsul: cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem: pro magistro: ut, qui pro dictatore fuisset, dictator crederetur, L.—Of compensation, for, in exchange for, in return for: pro huius peccatis ego supplicium sufferam, T.: dimidium eius quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum: id pro immolatis Romanis poenae hostibus redditum, L.: dedit pro corpore nummos, as a ransom, H.—Of equivalence, for, the same as, just as, as: hunc amavi pro meo, as my own, T.: qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus, of as much weight with me: quos pro nihilo putavit: pro occiso relictus, for dead: cum pro damnato esset, as good as condemned: neque recte neque pro bono facere (i. e. ita, ut pro bono habeatur), S.: pro vano nuntius audiri, as a boaster, L.—Esp., in phrases. —Pro eo, as an equivalent, just the same: sin minus, pro eo tamen id habeamus.—Pro eo atque, just the same as, even as: pro eo ac mereor, just as I deserve: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty. —Pro eo quod, for the reason that, because: pro eo quod eius nomen erat magnā apud omnīs gloriā. —Of relation or proportion, for, in proportion, in comparison with, in accordance with, according to, conformably to, by virtue of: pro multitudine hominum angusti fines, Cs.: exercitum pro loco atque copiis instruit, S.: agere pro viribus: quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat, in consideration of, L.: illum submovere pro imperio more maiorum, summarily, L.: satis pro imperio, dictatorially enough, T.: pro tuā prudentiā: pro tempore et pro re, according to time and circumstances, Cs.: pro facultatibus, N.—In phrases, with parte: quibus aliquid opis fortasse, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset, each according to his own measure of influence: pro meā tenui parte id defendere, to the best of my poor ability: pro virili parte, manfully: rerum gestarum memoriae pro virili parte consuluisse, i. e. to have done my share towards preserving, L.: beneficio plus quam pro virili parte obligatus, i. e. under more than personal obligations. —For pro ratā parte, see ratus.—With eo: pro magnitudine iniuriae, proque eo quod res p. temptatur, vindicare, as required by the fact that, etc.: pro antiquitate generis sui, pro eo, quod, etc., in view of the fact: ea pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda, according to the weight of each.—Pro se quisque, each for himself, each in his measure, individually: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cum pro se quisque operam navare cuperet, Cs.: pro se quisque viri nituntur, V.

    propter adv.    [prope], near, hard by, at hand: ibi angiportum propter est, T.: cum duo reges propter adsint: duo filii propter cubantes: cornix volans, Ph.

    propter-eā adv.,    therefore, for that cause, on that account: Ea res est, proptereaque nunc misera est, T.: haec propterea de me dixi, ut, etc.: id propterea hunc sequor, T.—Esp., in the phrase, propterea quod, because: fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod absunt, etc., Cs.: ut adsint, propterea quod officium sequuntur.

    puteal ālis, n    [putealis], a kerb-stone of a well: putealia sigillata duo.— A puteal, stone enclosure marking a sacred spot ; esp., the Puteal in the Comitium: supra impositum puteal accepimus (to mark where Navius cut a whetstone with a razor); here the money-lenders were found; hence, puteali et faeneratorum gregibus inflatus: adesses ad puteal Cras, H.: puteal Libonis (because restored by Scribonius Libo), H.

    quadruplātor (quadri-) ōris, m    [quadruplor], a seizer of a fourth part ; hence (because informers were rewarded out of forfeitures), an informer for profit: quadruplatorum deterrimus — A corrupt judge, L.