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|lshtext=<b>prae-for</b>: fātus, 1 (old<br /><b>I</b> imper. praefato, [[Cato]], R. R. 134. 1: praefamino, id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[say]] or [[utter]] [[beforehand]], to [[premise]], [[preface]]: in parte operis mei [[licet]] mihi praefari, [[quod]], etc., Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: [[praefatus]], de summā se republicā acturum, having [[first]] announced by [[edict]] [[that]], etc., Suet. Caes. 28: quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc., Cic. Univ. 10 fin.: cum [[praefatus]] fuero, quae, etc., Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4: sibi Asiam sufficere [[praefatus]], Just. 11, 5, 5: arcana se et silenda afferre [[praefatus]], Curt. 6, 7, 3: is cum [[praefatus]] esset, scire, etc., id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a relig. [[sense]], to [[utter]] a [[preliminary]] [[prayer]], to [[address]] in [[prayer]] [[beforehand]]: majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod [[bonum]], faustum, [[felix]] fortunatumque esset, praefabantur, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: pontifice maximo praefante [[carmen]], Liv. 5, 41, 3: [[decemviri]] carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should [[say]] [[beforehand]] ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce [[fruges]] condantur ... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, [[offering]] [[wine]] and [[incense]], [[say]] a [[prayer]] to [[Janus]], etc., [[Cato]], R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the [[deity]]: Janum Jovemque vino praefamino, id. ib. 141, 2: divos, Verg. A. 11, 301.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur: [[sin]] de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, [[honos]] [[praefandus]] est, we do not [[preface]] it by [[saying]], [[with]] permission, [[with]] [[respect]] be it [[spoken]], Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4: veniam, to [[ask]] [[leave]] [[before]] [[speaking]], App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[name]] or [[cite]] [[beforehand]]: [[Aristoteles]], quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum [[reor]], to [[mention]] or [[name]] as an [[authority]] in [[advance]], Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.—<br /><b>III</b> To [[foretell]], [[predict]], [[prophesy]] ([[very]] [[rare]]), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> praefātus, a, um, in [[pass]]. signif., mentioned or stated [[before]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): condemnatus ex praefatis causis, Dig. 20, 4, 12: jura, ib. 10, 3, 19: sic [[etiam]] nostro [[praefatus]] habebere [[libro]], named at the [[beginning]], Aus. praef. 2 fin.: [[sine]] honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid, [[without]] [[saying]], By [[your]] [[leave]], Arn. 5, 176: vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus, Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for [[praefatio]], a [[preface]]: praefato [[opus]] est, Symm. Ep. 6, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[praefandus]], a, um, P. a., for [[which]] [[must]] be asked permission or [[indulgence]]; [[that]] requires [[apology]]: praefandi umoris e corpore [[effluvium]], Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., [[foul]] expressions: in praefanda videmur incidere, Quint. 8, 3, 45.