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1 precarius
prĕcārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], obtained by begging, entreaty, or prayer (opp. debitus and pro imperio; not freq. till the Aug. per.; perh. used by Cic. only adverbially; v. infra).I.Lit.:II.non orare solum precariam opem, sed pro debitā petere,
obtained by entreaty, from mere favor, Liv. 3, 47, 2; cf.:tribunicia potestas, precarium, non justum auxilium ferens,
id. 8, 35:vita,
Tac. H. 4, 76:precariam animam inter infensos trahere,
id. A. 1, 42:imperium (quasi precibus concessum, ac propterea, quandocumque lubeat, rursus adimendum, Orell.),
id. H. 1, 52. —Hence, as subst.: prĕcārĭum, ii, n., any thing granted or lent upon request and at the will of the grantor:precarium est, quod precibus petenti utendum conceditur tam diu, quamdiu is qui concessit patitur: quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit, et distat a donatione eo, quod qui donat sic dat, ne recipiat: qui precario concedit sic dat, quasi tunc recepturus, cum sibi libuerit precarium solvere,
Dig. 43, 26, 1.—Transf., depending on the will of another, doubtful, uncertain, transient, precarious:forma,
Ov. M. 9, 76:sapiens corpus suum, seque ipsum inter precaria numerat,
precarious, uncertain, transitory things, Sen. Tranq. 11, 1: fulgor, passing quickly by, very transient, Symm. Or. ap. Val. 1, 6.— Hence, adv.: prĕcārĭō, by entreaty or request (class.):hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit,
Plaut. Am. prol. 24:cum aliquo agere precario,
id. Truc. 4, 1, 12:vel vi vel clam vel precario,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:si precario essent rogandi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:exegit,
Suet. Claud. 12:praefuit,
on sufferance, Tac. Agr. 16:precario studeo,
am obliged, as it were, to beg time for study, Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 4:precario possidere,
by sufferance, Paul. Sent. 5, 6, 11:ancillam quis precario rogaverit,
Dig. 43, 26, 10.
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