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1 prae-currō
prae-currō cucurrī (rarely currī), —, ere, to run before, hasten on before, precede: propere, T.: ad Persea, L.: ante omnīs, Cs.: Barros equis albis, i. e. surpass, H.—Fig., to go before, precede, anticipate: eo fama iam praecurrerat de proelio Dyrrhachino, Cs.: Isocratem aetate: ita praecurrit amicitia iudicium: ut certis rebus certa signa praecurrerent, precede.—To exceed, surpass, excel: mihi studio: eum nobilitate, N. -
2 praecurro
prae-curro, cŭcurri (curri, Liv. 8, 30, 13 Weissenb.), cursum, 3, v. n. and a., to run before, hasten on before, precede (class.; cf.: antecedo, antevenio).I.Neutr.A.Lit.:B.eā ego huc praecucurri gratiā, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 110:propere praecucurrit,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 11:praecucurrit index ad Persea,
Liv. 40, 7, 7:praecurrunt equites,
Caes. B. G. 6, 39:praecurrit ante omnes,
id. B. C. 2, 34, 5:citius Petro,
Vulg. Johan. 20, 4.—Trop., to go on before, precede; to surpass, excel:II.eo fama jam praecucurrerat de proelio Dyrrhachino,
Caes. B. C. 3, 80:ut certis rebus certa signa praecurrerent,
precede, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; id. Ac. 1, 12, 45:alicui studio,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 19; so,alicui,
id. de Or. 3, 61, 230.—Act.A.In gen., to hasten before a person or thing, to precede, go before, anticipate: illud praecurrere cogor, to combat in advance, * Lucr. 1, 371:B.aliquem aetate,
Cic. Or. 52, 176:ita praecurrit amicitia judicium,
id. Lael. 17, 62:nec appetitus rationem praecurrant,
id. Off. 1, 29, 102.—In partic., to surpass, excel in any quality:aliquem,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 28:aliquem nobilitate,
Nep. Thras. 1, 3:aliquem judicio,
Tac. Or. 22.—Hence, praecurrentĭa, ĭum, n. In rhetoric like antecedentia, things that go before, antecedents, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166:primordia rerum et quasi praecurrentia,
id. Part. 2, 7.—
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