P / prae-damno
verb transitive

prae-damno

2nd PP prae-damnāre · 3rd PP prae-damnāvi · 4th PP prae-damnātum · conj. 1st
to condemn beforehand; to precondemn
to condemn beforehand, to precondemn (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
Lit.: praedamnatus collega, Liv. 4, 41 fin.: amicum, Suet. Aug. 56.—
to give it up; renounce beforehand figuratively
Trop.: spem, i. e. to give it up or renounce beforehand, Liv. 27, 18, 8: se perpetuae infelicitatis, think themselves condemned to perpetual misery, Val. Max. 6, 9.