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  • 1 prae-occupō

        prae-occupō āvī, ātus, āre,    to seize upon beforehand, preoccupy: Macedoniam, N.: opportuna loca, L.: praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio, Cs.—Fig., to seize in advance, preoccupy: animos timor praeoccupaverat, Cs.: praeoccupati beneficio animi, i. e. won over beforehand, L.—To anticipate, prevent: ad praeoccupanda Andranodori consilia, L.: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet, N.: legem ferre, hasten to bring the bill sooner before the people, L.

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  • 2 ante-capiō

        ante-capiō cēpī, ceptus, ere,    to obtain before, receive before: antecepta informatio, an innate idea.—Esp., to seize beforehand, preoccupy: quae bello usui forent, S.—To anticipate: noctem, S.: ea omnia luxu, S.

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  • 3 intercipiō

        intercipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere    [inter+capio], to seize in passing, intercept: quod nos capere oportet, T.: pila intercepta remittere, Cs.: venenum, take the poison intended for another: numerum iumentorum, Cs.: ab suis interceptus, cut off, L.: Terga caput tangunt, colla intercepta videntur, to be wanting, O.: Quam (hastam) Rhoeteus intercipit, V.—To interrupt, hinder, cut off, preoccupy, preclude: itinere intercepto, L.: opportuna loca, L.: spem anni, O.—To take away, snatch, rob: eum a populo R., L.: Myrrha Intercepta neci est, O.: interceptus veneno, carried off, Ta.
    * * *
    intercipere, intercepi, interceptus V
    cut off; intercept, interrupt; steal

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  • 4 praecipiō

        praecipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere    [prae+capio], to take beforehand, get in advance: ab publicanis pecuniam insequentis anni mutuam praeceperat, had borrowed in advance, Cs.: aliquantum viae, get something of a start, L.: Piraeeum quinqueremibus, preoccupy, L.: si lac praeceperit aestus, i. e. have dried up, V.: praecipitur seges, ripens prematurely, O.—Fig., to take in advance, obtain beforehand, anticipate: alterum mihi est certius, nec praecipiam tamen, I will not anticipate: ut ne multi ante praeciperent oculis quam populus R., got an earlier view: famā prius praecepta res, anticipated by rumor, L.: aliquantum ad fugam temporis, gain some advantage in time, L.: tempore illi praecepto, by priority, L.: praecipio gaudia suppliciorum vestrorum, I rejoice in advance: iam animo victoriam praecipiebant, figured to themselves beforehand, Cs.: cogitatione futura, to imagine beforehand: omnia, V.: quod haec usu ventura opinione praeceperat, had already suspected, Cs.— To give rules, advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach, enjoin, direct, bid, order: bene praecepi semper quae potui omnia, T.: Quicquid praecipies, esto brevis, H.: de eloquentiā: artem nandi, O.: Mitem animum, recommend, Iu.: haec illi: numerum modumque carinis, prescribe, V.: parcere omnibus: ceteras (sarcinas) incendi, Cu.: an ratio parum praecipit, nec bonum illud esse, nec, etc., teaches: illud potius praecipiendum fuit, ut, etc.: Caesar praecepit vobis, ne sibi adsentiremini: praecipit atque interdicit, omnes unum peterent, Cs.: eis adgrediantur, etc., S.
    * * *
    praecipere, praecepi, praeceptus V
    take or receive in advance; anticipate; warn; order; teach, instruct

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  • 5 prae-vertō (-vortō）

       prae-vertō (-vortō） tī, —, ere,    to go before, precede, outstrip, outrun: cursu pedum ventos, V. —Fig., to anticipate, prevent, come before: (turrium) usum opportunitas praevertit, L.: praevertunt, inquit, me fata, O.—To preoccupy, prepossess: amore animos, V.—To attend to in preference, despatch first, prefer: aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes: aliud in praesentia praevertendnm sibi esse dixit, that must be attended to first, L.: Punicum Romano bellum, L.: huic rei praevertendum existimavit, ne, etc., Cs.

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  • 6 praeverto

    praevertere, praeverti, - V
    anticipate; preoccupy, attend to first; outstrip, outrun

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  • 7 praevorto

    praevortere, praevorti, - V
    anticipate; preoccupy, attend to first; outstrip, outrun

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  • 8 antecapio

    antĕ-căpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a., to obtain before, to receive before.
    I.
    In gen.: quam appellat prolêpsin Epicurus, anteceptam animo rei quandam informationem, an inborn, innate idea, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43 B. and K. (cf. anticipatio, I.).—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy:

    multa antecapere, quae bello usui forent,

    Sall. C. 32, 3 Dietsch:

    pontem anteceperat,

    Tac. H. 4, 66 Halm.—
    B.
    To anticipate:

    noctem antecapere,

    Sall. C. 55, 1:

    ea omnia luxu antecapere,

    id. ib. 13, 4.

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  • 9 intercipio

    inter-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], lit., to take away between, i. e. to seize on the passage before arrival at the destined place, to intercept.
    I.
    Lit.:

    tun redimes me, si me hostes interceperint?

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 93:

    venenum,

    to take the poison intended for another, Cic. Clu. 60:

    litteras,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2; cf.:

    litterae interceptae,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3; id. Att. 10, 8; Cassiod. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; Curt. 4, 10, 6:

    epistulam,

    id. 6, 9, 13:

    magnum numerum jumentorum atque hominum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

    commeatus,

    Liv. 36, 3:

    aliquis ab suis interceptus,

    cut off, id. 29, 9:

    hostes discretos,

    Tac. H. 4, 75: in sublime jactari sagoque intercipi ( be held fast) ne tellurem attingat, Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52:

    interceptae e publico pecuniae,

    Tac. A. 4, 45:

    terga caput tangunt, colla intercepta videntur,

    to be wanting, Ov. M. 6, 379: quam (hastam) medius Rhoeteus intercipit, comes in the way of, i. e. is struck or killed by, Verg. A. 10, 402.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To interrupt, hinder, cut off, preoccupy, preclude:

    medium iter,

    Liv. 25, 39, 2 (al. intersaepto):

    opportuna loca,

    id. 9, 43, 3:

    hostiles ingressus,

    Tac. A. 15, 3:

    medios sermones,

    Quint. 6, 4, 11:

    pedestre iter,

    Curt. 4, 2, 9:

    usum aurium intercipiente fremitu,

    id. 4, 13, 38.—
    B.
    To take away, rob, steal:

    aliquid ab aliquo,

    Liv. 3, 71:

    aliquid alicui,

    Ov. P. 4, 7, 25; Plin. Pan. 75:

    veram laudem,

    Phaedr. 4, 12, 2:

    commentarios, quorum tamen pars maxima intercepta dicitur,

    copied from other sources, Suet. Gram. 3.—
    C.
    Of death, to snatch away, carry off:

    si me fata intercepissent, Quint. prooem. 1, 6: apes saepe morbis intercipiuntur,

    Col. 9, 3:

    rex mortalitate interceptus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 50; 6, 25, 4:

    interceptus veneno,

    Tac. Agr. 43; id. A. 3, 12; Suet. Caes. 20 fin.:

    scelere Pisonis,

    id. ib. 2, 71:

    a manu gladiatorum,

    id. Aug. 14 fin.:

    ceterum interceptus quoque magnum sibi vindicat locum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 121:

    neque ob aliud interceptus, quam, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 82:

    Theophilum atrox interceperat casus,

    Amm. 14, 7, 8.

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  • 10 praecipio

    prae-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or seize beforehand, to get or receive in advance (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: anticipo, praeoccupo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Lucr. 6, 1050:

    nisi aquam praecepimus ante,

    id. 6, 804:

    a publicanis pecuniam insequentis anni mutuam praeceperat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 31:

    aliquantum viae,

    to get the start somewhat, Liv. 36, 19:

    longius spatium fugā,

    id. 22, 41 fin.:

    iter,

    id. 3, 46:

    Piraeeum quinqueremibus,

    to preoccupy, id. 32, 16, 5: mons a Lusitanis praeceptus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 3:

    si lac praeceperit aestus,

    i. e. have previously dried up, Verg. E. 3, 98.—
    B.
    In partic., in jurid. lang, to receive (esp. an inheritance or bequest) in advance, Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 4:

    si heres centum praecipere jussus sit,

    Dig. 30, 122; so ib. 36, 1, 63:

    quantitatem dotis,

    ib. 17, 2, 81:

    dotem,

    ib. 10, 2, 46:

    per praeceptionem hoc modo legamus: Lucius Titius hominem Stichum praecipito,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 216. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to take or obtain in advance, to anticipate:

    aliquantum ad fugam temporis Syphax et Hasdrubal praeceperunt,

    gained some advantage in time, Liv. 30, 8 fin.:

    tempus,

    id. 1, 7:

    celeres neu praecipe Parcas,

    do not hasten in advance of, do not anticipate, Stat. Th. 8, 328; so,

    veneno fata praecepit,

    Flor. 3, 9, 4: praecipio gaudia suppliciorum vestrorum, I rejoice in advance, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51; cf. Liv. 45, 1, 1:

    jam animo victoriam praecipiebant,

    figured to themselves beforehand, Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Liv. 10, 26:

    spe jam praecipit hostem,

    Verg. A. 11, 491: praecipere cogitatione futura, to conjecture or imagine beforehand, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81:

    omnia,

    Verg. A. 6, 105; cf.:

    haec usu ventura opinione praeceperat,

    had already suspected, Caes. B. G. 7, 9:

    sed alterum mihi est certius, nec praecipiam tamen,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2.—
    B.
    In partic., to give rules or precepts to any one, to advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach; to enjoin, direct, bid, order, etc. (syn.:

    mando, impero, doceo): vilici officia, quae dominus praecepit,

    Cato, R. R. 142:

    Philocomasio id praecipiendum est, ut sciat,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 92:

    quoi numquam unam rem me licet semel praecipere,

    id. As. 2, 4, 15:

    quae ego tibi praecipio, ea facito,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

    docui, monui, bene praecepi semper quae potui omnia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6:

    quicquid praecipies, esto brevis,

    Hor. A. P. 335:

    de eloquentiā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48:

    de agriculturā,

    Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 201:

    alicui aliquid praecipere,

    Cic. Mur. 2, 4: glossemata nobis, Asin. Gall. ap. Suet. Gram. 22:

    numerumque modumque carinis Praecipiant,

    Verg. A. 11, 329:

    cantus lugubres,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

    artem nandi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 486:

    humanitatem,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2, etc.:

    mitem animum et mores modicis erroribus aequos Praecipit,

    enjoins, recommends, Juv. 14, 16.—With inf.:

    justitia praecipit, parcere omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21; so,

    paeoniam praecipiunt eruere noctu,

    Plin. 25, 4, 10, § 29:

    codicillos aperiri testator praecepit,

    Dig. 31, 1, 89.—With ut:

    illud potius praecipiendum fuit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 60:

    recte etiam praecipi potest in amicitiis, ne, etc.,

    id. ib. 20, 75:

    consulentibus Pythia praecepit, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 3.—With subj. alone:

    praecipit atque interdicit, omnes unum peterent Indutiomarum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    his praecepit, omnes mortales pecuniā aggrediantur,

    Sall. J. 28, 1.—With acc. and inf.:

    etiam scelere convictos nonnisi ad opus damnari praeceperat,

    Suet. Ner. 31:

    D. Claudius edicto praecepit,

    decreed, commanded, Dig. 48, 10, 15. —As subst.: praecĭpĭens, entis, m., a teacher, Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    jam prope consummata fuerit praecipientis opera,

    Quint. 2, 6, 6:

    in numero praecipientium,

    id. 2, 3, 5.—Hence, praeceptum, i, n. (acc. to II. B.), a maxim, rule, precept; an order, direction, command, bidding; an injunction, etc. (class.):

    quo praecepto ab iis diligentissime observato,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

    sine praecepto ullius suā sponte struebatur acies,

    Liv. 9, 31:

    transvectae praecepto ducis alae,

    Tac. Agr. 37:

    hoc praeceptum patet latius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; cf.:

    hoc praeceptum officii diligenter tenendum est,

    id. Off. 2, 14, 51.—In plur.:

    tuis monitig praeceptisque,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

    in quam (partem) praecepta nobis danda sunt,

    id. Inv. 2, 17, 53; 2, 34, 105:

    abundare praeceptis philosophiae,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 1:

    dare praecepta dicendi,

    id. Brut. 76, 273; cf.

    studiosis dicendi praecepta tradere,

    id. Or. 41, 141:

    deūm praecepta secuti,

    orders, commands, Verg. G. 4, 448:

    sine vi non ulla dabit (Nereus) praecepta,

    id. ib. 4, 398.

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  • 11 praeoccupo

    prae-occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (class., but not in Cic., since praecepit is the true read., Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 2).
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    hic ne intrare posset saltum, Datames praeoccupare studuit,

    Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

    Macedoniam,

    id. Eum. 2, 4:

    loca opportuna,

    Liv. 44, 3; 35, 28; 42, 47:

    iter,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 13:

    Asiam,

    Vell. 2, 69, 2; cf.:

    praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17.—
    B.
    To take, catch, detect, seize in an act:

    si praeoccupatus fuerit homo in delicto,

    Vulg. Gal. 6, 1.—
    C.
    Trop.:

    animos timor praeoccupaverat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 41, 3:

    hilaritas praeoccupaverat mentes,

    Petr. 113:

    praeoccupati beneficio animi,

    i. e. won over beforehand, Liv. 6, 20, 10:

    aures,

    id. 38, 10.—
    II.
    To anticipate, prevent:

    ne alter alterum praeoccuparet,

    Nep. Dion, 4, 1.—With obj.clause (like the simpler occupare):

    legem de multarum aestimatione ipsi praeoccupaverunt ferre,

    hastened to bring the bill sooner before the people, Liv. 4, 30, 3.

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  • 12 praeverto

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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  • 13 praevertor

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praevertor

  • 14 vortor

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vortor

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