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|lshtext=<b>prae-vārĭcor</b>: ātus, 1, v. dep.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[walk]] [[crookedly]], not to [[walk]] [[straight]]. *<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[arator]] praevaricatur, makes a [[crooked]] [[furrow]], Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[walk]] [[crookedly]] in the [[discharge]] of one's [[duty]], not to [[act]] [[uprightly]]; esp. of an [[advocate]] [[who]] is [[guilty]] of [[collusion]] [[with]] the [[opposite]] [[party]], to [[make]] a [[sham]] [[accusation]] or [[defence]], to collude, [[prevaricate]]: qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā, Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. [[supra]]: a [[Catilina]] pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to [[favor]] collusively: [[interdum]] non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur, Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Late Lat., to [[transgress]], [[sin]] [[against]], [[violate]]: [[pactum]] [[meum]], Vulg. Jos. 7, 11: [[contra]] me, id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre: [[quod]] audivit, praevaricavit, Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.
|lshtext=<b>prae-vārĭcor</b>: ātus, 1, v. dep.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[walk]] [[crookedly]], not to [[walk]] [[straight]]. *<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[arator]] praevaricatur, makes a [[crooked]] [[furrow]], Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[walk]] [[crookedly]] in the [[discharge]] of one's [[duty]], not to [[act]] [[uprightly]]; esp. of an [[advocate]] [[who]] is [[guilty]] of [[collusion]] [[with]] the [[opposite]] [[party]], to [[make]] a [[sham]] [[accusation]] or [[defence]], to collude, [[prevaricate]]: qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā, Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. [[supra]]: a [[Catilina]] pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to [[favor]] collusively: [[interdum]] non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur, Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Late Lat., to [[transgress]], [[sin]] [[against]], [[violate]]: [[pactum]] [[meum]], Vulg. Jos. 7, 11: [[contra]] me, id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre: [[quod]] audivit, praevaricavit, Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.
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|gf=<b>prævārĭcor</b>,¹⁴ ātus sum, ārī (præ, [[varico]]),<br /><b>1</b> intr., s’écarter de la ligne droite en labourant, dévier : Plin. 18, 179 || [fig.] prévariquer [en parl. d’un [[juge]] ou d’un avocat], être de connivence avec la partie [[adverse]] : Dig. 47, 15, 1 ; Cic. Har. 42 ; Att. 4, 18, 1 ; accusationi Cic. Clu. 58, être de connivence avec l’accusation<br /><b>2</b> [Eccl.] tr., transgresser, trahir : Vulg. Jos. 7, 11.
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Revision as of 07:01, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prae-vārĭcor: ātus, 1, v. dep.,
I to walk crookedly, not to walk straight. *
I Lit.: arator praevaricatur, makes a crooked furrow, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—
II Trop.
   A To walk crookedly in the discharge of one's duty, not to act uprightly; esp. of an advocate who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party, to make a sham accusation or defence, to collude, prevaricate: qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā, Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. supra: a Catilina pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to favor collusively: interdum non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur, Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—
   B Late Lat., to transgress, sin against, violate: pactum meum, Vulg. Jos. 7, 11: contra me, id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre: quod audivit, praevaricavit, Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prævārĭcor,¹⁴ ātus sum, ārī (præ, varico),
1 intr., s’écarter de la ligne droite en labourant, dévier : Plin. 18, 179