verb deponent intransitive

prae-vĕhor

2nd PP prae-vĕhī · 3rd PP prae-vĕhctus · conj. 3rd

v. dep. n. and a.

To ride; fly; flow before ••

To ride, fly, or flow before, in front, or past (not in Cic. or Cæs.): equites Romani praevecti, who had ridden before them, Liv. 9, 35: praevectus equo, Verg. A. 7, 166: praevectus ad Germanicum exercitum, Tac. H. 5, 16: dum missilia hostium praevehuntur, fly before them, id. ib. 4, 71.—

to rush; flow past •

Lit., to rush or flow past: Rhenus servat nomen, quā Germaniam praevehitur, flows by, Tac. A. 2, 6.—

to flow forth figuratively •

Trop., to flow forth: omnia haec mire placent, cum impetu quodam et flumine praevehuntur, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.

Perseus ID: n38162 Key: praevehor