verb deponent transitive

prae-lŏquor

3rd PP prae-lŏqucūtus

(quūtus), 3

v. dep. a. and n.

To speak beforehand; first; to speak before another •

To speak beforehand or first, to speak before another, to forestall in speaking: occupas praeloqui, quae mi'st oratio, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31: quod mihi causam praeloquendi dedit, Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 3.—

To say beforehand; to premise absol •

To say beforehand, in the way of preface or introduction, to premise, Quint. 4, 1, 2.—Absol., Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 3: de aliquā re, Quint. 5, 13, 60: libri amplitudo non sinit me longiore epistulā praeloqui, Plin. Ep. 4, 5, 3.—

To foretell; predict

To foretell, predict, Lact. Epit. 47, 2.

Perseus ID: n37709 Key: praeloquor