verb transitive

prae-tingo

2nd PP prae-tingere · 3rd PP prae-tingnxi · 4th PP prae-tingnctum · conj. 3rd

to dip in; moisten beforehand poetic •

to dip in or moisten beforehand (poet. and in postclass. prose): semina practincta veneno, Ov. M. 7, 123: aqua, in quā fuerit candens ferrum praetinctum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4.

Perseus ID: n38118 Key: praetingo