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|lshtext=<b>prĕcor</b>: ātus (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. precantūm, Ov. M. 12, 33; Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 2), 1, v. dep. n. and a. [[root]] Sanscr. pracch- prask-, to [[ask]]; Germ. fragen; v. [[posco]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[ask]], [[beg]], [[entreat]], [[pray]], [[supplicate]], [[request]], [[invoke]], [[call]] [[upon]], [[beseech]]; to [[sue]], [[say]], or [[speak]] as a [[suppliant]] ([[class]].; syn.: oro, [[rogo]], [[supplico]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. of the [[person]] addressed: qui ne precari [[quidem]] Jovem optimum maximum possit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; id. Balb. 24, 55: deos colere, precari, venerarique, id. N. D. 1, 42, 119: [[quid]] veneramur, [[quid]] precamur deos, id. ib. 1, 44, 122; id. Cat. 2, 13, 29: deos [[tacite]] malumus et [[intra]] nos ipsos precari, Sen. Ben. 2, 1, 4: Nyctelium patrem precare, Ov. A. A. 1, 567.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. of [[person]] in whose [[behalf]]: bona omnia [[populo]] Romano, Liv. 24, 16, 10: [[longum]] Augusto precare diem, Prop. 3, 9, 49 (4, 10, 50).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With pro and abl. of [[person]] prayed for: ut jure sacerdotii precari deos pro te [[publice]] possim, quos [[nunc]] [[precor]] pietate privatā, Plin. Ep. 10, 13 (8) fin.: pro [[necessario]] ac [[propinquo]] suo, Curt. 5, 3, 14: pro nobis mitte precari, Ov. M. 3, 614: pro te, Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1; Aug. Ep. 175, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. of [[thing]] prayed for: haec [[precatus]] [[sum]], Cic. Pis. 20, 46: hortatur [[pater]] veniam precari, Verg. A. 3, 144: [[tibi]] di, quaecunque preceris commoda [[dent]], Hor. S. 2, 8, 75: [[date]] quae precamur, id. C. S. 3: vitam, Vell. 2, 79, 5; 2, 85, 5: [[saepe]] [[precor]] mortem, Ov. P. 1, 2, 59.—So [[with]] [[two]] acc.: [[quod]] precarer deos, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 9: ut [[quod]] deos precati eritis, Liv. 40, 46, 9: [[quid]] [[habeo]] aliud deos immortales precari, [[quam]] ut, etc., Suet. Aug. 58 fin.—（ε) With ut, ne, [[quominus]], or ([[poet]].) subj. [[alone]]: ut fas [[sit]] vidisse, [[tacitus]] precatur, Sen. Ep. 115, 4: deosque precetur et oret, ut, Hor. A. P. 200; Cic. Dom. 57, 144; Curt. 7, 2, 31; Liv. 24, 5, 5; 25, 25, 6; 26, 25, 13: pro se [[quisque]] precari coepere, ne festinatione [[periculum]] augeret, Curt. 3, 5, 14: precare ne jubeant, etc., Ov. A. A. 1, 568: si id non probares, [[quominus]] [[ambo]] unā necaremini non precarere, Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79: hoc [[quoque]], dux operis, moneas, [[precor]], Ov. F. 4, 247: det [[solum]] miserae [[mite]], precare, fuge, id. P. 2, 2, 68: [[tandem]] venias precamur, Hor. C. 1, 2, 30: reddas incolumem [[precor]], id. ib. 1, 3, 7; id. Epod. 3, 20.—（ξ) With ab and abl. of [[person]] addressed: [[precor]] ab iis ut, etc., Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5: hoc a diis immortalibus precari, ut, etc., Nep. Timol. 5, 2: quae [[precatus]] a diis [[sum]], ut, etc., Cic. Mur. 1, 1: ab indigno, id. Lael. 16, 57: esse stultitiam, a quibus bona precaremur, ab iis dantibus nolle sumere, id. N. D. 3, 34, 84.—（η) With acc. of the [[prayer]]: te bonas [[preces]] [[precor]], uti sies [[volens]] [[propitius]] mihi, [[Cato]], R. R. 139; cf. id. ib. 132, 2.—（θ) With [[object]]-[[clause]]: sibi et vicinis serere se, Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 131: [[numquam]] placidas esse precarer aquas, Ov. H. 19, 82.—（ι) With ad: di, ad quos precentur ac supplicent, [[make]] supplications, Liv. 38, 43.—（κ) Absol.: fata deūm flecti precando, Verg. A. 6, 376; so freq. in [[part]]. pres.: [[mitis]] precanti, Stat. Th. 1, 189: verba precantia, Ov. M. 7, 590: manum precantem Protendere, Verg. A. 12, 930: [[oliva]], Stat. Th. 2, 478: eum sororem dedisse Prusiae precanti, Liv. 42, 12, 4; and parenthetically: gnatique patrisque, Alma, [[precor]], miserere, Verg. A. 6, 117: [[parce]], [[precor]], Hor. C. 4, 1, 2; Ov. H. 16, 11; id. Am. 3, 9, 67: per hoc [[decus]], [[precor]], Hor. Epod. 5, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., to [[wish]] [[well]] or [[ill]] to [[any]] one, to [[hail]], [[salute]], or [[address]] one [[with]] a [[wish]], alicui aliquid ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[good]] wishes: sic exire e patriā, ut omnes sui cives salutem, incolumitatem, reditum precentur, Cic. Pis. 14, 33: [[cape]], [[Roma]], triumphum, Et [[longum]] Augusto salva precare diem, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 50: nos perpetuam felicitatem reipublicae precari, Suet. Aug. 58: sibi et suis εὐθανασίαν similem precabatur, id. ib. 97: alicui immortalitatem, Curt. 8, 5, 16: permittamus [[vela]] ventis et oram solventibus [[bene]] precemur, Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[evil]] wishes, imprecations; [[with]] [[mala]], [[male]], etc., to [[curse]], [[invoke]] [[evil]] [[upon]]: [[neque]], si [[umquam]] [[vobis]] [[mala]] precarer, morbum aut mortem aut cruciatum precarer, Cic. Pis. 19, 43: [[quod]] [[tibi]] evenit, ut omnes [[male]] precarentur, id. ib. 14, 33: ([[Ajax]]) [[mala]] [[multa]] [[precatus]] Atridis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 203: [[male]] precari, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 11: pergin' precari [[pessimo]], id. As. 2, 4, 71; cf.: audisti quae [[malo]] principi precamur, Plin. [[Pan]]. 94, 2.—（Act. form prĕco, āre, Prisc. p. 779 P.; partic. [[precatus]], as [[passive]], Juvenc. 3, 85; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 480, 27.)>
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