praeproperus
σοφόν γάρ ἕν βούλευμα τάς πολλάς χεῖρας νικᾶ, σὺν ὄχλῳ δ' ἀμαθία μεῖζον κακό → better than many hands is one wise thought, a multitude of fools makes folly worse
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-prŏpĕrus: a, um, adj.,
I too quick or hasty, over-hasty, sudden, precipitate (class.): praepropera festinatio, Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1: prensatio, id. Att. 1, 1, 1: celeritas, Liv. 31, 42: ingenium, rash, id. 22, 41: nisus, Sil. 15, 757: amor, Val. Max. 6, 3, 6.— Hence, adv.: praeprŏpĕrē, very quickly, very hastily, with over-haste (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.): peri praepropere, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 10 (v. Ritschl ad h. l.): festinans praepropere, Liv. 37, 23, 10: raptim omnia praepropere agendo, id. 22, 19, 10; Quint. 12, 6, 2; Suet. Oth. 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præprŏpĕrus,¹⁶ a, um, très prompt, précipité, trop rapide : Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1 ; Att. 1, 1, 1 || irréfléchi : præproperum ingenium Liv. 22, 41, 1, esprit trop précipité.
