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|lshtext=<b>praestī̆gĭae</b>: ārum ([[rare]] in the | |lshtext=<b>praestī̆gĭae</b>: ārum ([[rare]] in the sing.;<br /><b>I</b> [[praestigiae]], Prud. Peristeph. 2, 86), f. [[praestinguo]], deceptions, illusions, jugglers' tricks, sleights, feats of [[legerdemain]]; lit. and trop. ([[class]].; cf. [[captio]]): [[patent]] [[praestigiae]], Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: verborum, [[deceptive]] [[use]] of words, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 74: [[quasi]] praestigiis quibusdam et captionibus depelli, id. Ac. 2, 14, 45: omnes meos dolos, fallacias, Praestigias praestrinxit [[commoditas]] patris, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73 (Com. Rel. p. 59 Rib.): non per praestigias, sed [[palam]] compilare, by [[stratagem]], [[secretly]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; Liv. 6, 15 fin.: Graecae istorum [[praestigiae]] philosophari [[sese]] dicentium, Gell. 13, 23, 2: nubium, the [[deceptive]] images formed by the clouds, App. de Mundo, p. 23, 32.—In sing.: [[praestigiae]] plausum petere, Quint. 4, 1, 77; so Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 24 fin.> | ||
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praestī̆gĭae: ārum (rare in the sing.;
I praestigiae, Prud. Peristeph. 2, 86), f. praestinguo, deceptions, illusions, jugglers' tricks, sleights, feats of legerdemain; lit. and trop. (class.; cf. captio): patent praestigiae, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: verborum, deceptive use of words, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 74: quasi praestigiis quibusdam et captionibus depelli, id. Ac. 2, 14, 45: omnes meos dolos, fallacias, Praestigias praestrinxit commoditas patris, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73 (Com. Rel. p. 59 Rib.): non per praestigias, sed palam compilare, by stratagem, secretly, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; Liv. 6, 15 fin.: Graecae istorum praestigiae philosophari sese dicentium, Gell. 13, 23, 2: nubium, the deceptive images formed by the clouds, App. de Mundo, p. 23, 32.—In sing.: praestigiae plausum petere, Quint. 4, 1, 77; so Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 24 fin.>
