praeloquor
Δύναται τὸ πλουτεῖν καὶ φιλανθρώπους ποιεῖν → Being rich can even produce a social conscience → Animos nonnumquam humanos concinnant opes → Mitunter macht der Reichtum Menschen auch human
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-lŏquor: cūtus (quūtus), 3,
I v. dep. a. and n.
I To speak beforehand or first, to speak before another, to forestall in speaking: occupas praeloqui, quae mi'st oratio, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31: quod mihi causam praeloquendi dedit, Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 3.—
II To say beforehand, in the way of preface or introduction, to premise, Quint. 4, 1, 2.—Absol., Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 3: de aliquā re, Quint. 5, 13, 60: libri amplitudo non sinit me longiore epistulā praeloqui, Plin. Ep. 4, 5, 3.—
III To foretell, predict, Lact. Epit. 47, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prælŏquor,¹⁴ lŏcūtus (lŏquūtus), sum, ī,
1 intr., parler le premier : Pl. Rud. 119 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 21, 3 || faire un préambule : Quint. 5, 13, 60 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 4, 3 ; 4, 5, 3
2 tr., dire en préambule : Quint. 4, 1, 2.
