precatio
From LSJ
Quibus enim nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum → Every age is burdensome to those who have no means of living well and happily
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prĕcātĭo: ōnis, f. precor.
I Lit., a praying, prayer (class.): sollemnis comitiorum precatio, Cic. Mur. 1, 1: precatione uti, id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114: precationem facere, Liv. 39, 18; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: auguralis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.—
II Transf., concr., a form of prayer with superstitious people (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 42.
