verb transitive

prae-ūro

2nd PP prae-ūrere · 3rd PP praeussi · 4th PP praeustum · conj. 3rd

to burn before; burn at the end; point ••

to burn before, burn at the end or point (class. but not in Cic.); esp. freq. in part. perf.: hasta praeusta, Liv. 1, 32: stipites ab summo praeacuti et praeusti, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.: multae praeustae sudes, id. ib. 5, 40: sudibus praeustis, Verg. A. 7, 524: praeusta et praeacuta materia, Caes. B. G. 7, 22 fin.: tela, hardened in the fire, Tac. A. 2, 14.—

to scorch; parch; wither •

In gen., to scorch, parch, wither: ne (uvae) praeurantur, Col. Arb. 11, 2 (dub.; al. perurantur).—

Also of cold: praeustis in transitu Alpium nive membris, frost-bitten, Plin. 3,… •

Also of cold: praeustis in transitu Alpium nive membris, frost-bitten, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134; cf. aduro.

Perseus ID: n38144 Key: praeuro