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|lshtext=<b>prae-ĕo</b>: ([[sometimes]] written in inscrr. [[with]] one e, PRAERAT, etc.), īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, īre, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a., to go [[before]], [[lead]] the [[way]], [[precede]] (syn.: [[praegredior]], [[antecedo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr.: ut consulibus lictores praeirent, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: domino praeire, Stat. Th. 6, 519: [[Laevinus]] Romam praeivit, Liv. 26, 27 fin.: [[praetor]] [[dictus]], qui praeiret jure et exercitu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 80 Müll.; cf.: in re militari [[praetor]] [[dictus]], qui praeiret exercitui, id. ib. 5, 16, § 87 ib.: praeeunte carinā, Verg. A. 5, 186; Ov. F. 1, 81.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Act.: per [[avia]] ac derupta praeibat eum, Tac. A. 6, 21: ludos Circenses eburna [[effigies]] (Germanici) praeiret, id. ib. 2, 83.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to go [[before]], [[precede]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr.: naturā praeeunte, Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Act.: acto [[raptim]] agmine, ut famam sui praeiret, to [[outstrip]], Tac. A. 15, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., a relig. and publicist's t. t., to [[precede]] one in reciting a [[formula]] (as of [[prayer]], [[consecration]], an [[oath]], etc.), i. e. to [[repeat]] [[first]], to [[dictate]] [[any]] [[thing]] (the predom. signif. of the [[word]]); constr. [[most]] freq. [[with]] aliquid (alicui), and [[less]] freq. [[with]] verbis, voce, or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aliquid (alicui): praei verba, quibus me pro legionibus devoveam, Liv. 8, 9, 4: aedem Concordiae dedicavit, coactusque [[pontifex]] [[maximus]] verba praeire, to [[dictate]] the [[formula]] of [[consecration]], id. 9, 46, 6; cf. id. 4, 21, 5; 5, 41, 3; 10, 28, 14: praeeuntibus exsecrabile [[carmen]] sacerdotibus, id. 31, 17: [[sacramentum]], Tac. H. 1, 36; 2, 74: obsecrationem, Suet. Claud. 22: cum [[scriba]] ex publicis tabulis sollemne ei praecationis [[carmen]] praeiret, Val. Max. 4, 1, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Praeire verbis: praei verbis [[quid]] vis, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., [[with]] dat. of the [[person]]: praeivimus commilitonibus jusjurandum [[more]] sollemni praestantibus, Plin. Ep. 10,52 (60): de scripto praeire, to [[read]] [[before]], Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12: ades, Luculle, Servili, dum [[dedico]] domum Ciceronis, ut mihi praeeatis, Cic. Dom. 52, 133.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[apart]] from [[technical]] lang., to [[recite]], [[read]], [[sing]], or [[play]] [[before]] one ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): ut [[vobis]] voce praeirent, [[quid]] judicaretis, Cic. Mil. 2, 3: si legentibus singulis praeire [[semper]] ipsi velint, [[wish]] to [[read]] [[before]], Quint. 2, 5, 3; 1, 2, 12; and: praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce, id. 1, 10, 16: tibiam Caio Graccho cum [[populo]] agenti praeisse ac praemonstrasse modulos ferunt, Gell. 1, 11, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In partic., to [[lead]] the [[way]], by orders, directions, precepts: omnia, uti [[decemviri]] praeierunt, facta, Liv. 43, 13 fin. (cf. [[praefor]]): si de omni [[quoque]] [[officio]] judicis praeire [[tibi]] me vis, Gell. 14, 2, 12.—Hence, [[praeiens]], Part., [[going]] [[before]]; as subst.: [[praeiens]], euntis, m., he [[who]] precedes [[another]], as a precentor or [[leader]]: [[lectio]] non [[omnis]] nec [[semper]] praeeunte eget, Quint. 1, 2, 12.
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