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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>prae-verto</b>: or -vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and ([[only]] in [[present]] tense) praevertor or -vortor (<br /><b>I</b> inf. [[pass]]. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.<br /><b>I</b> To [[prefer]]: ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant [[prae]] republicā, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29: si vacas [[animo]], [[neque]] habes aliquid, [[quod]] huic sermoni praevertendum putes, Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> To go [[before]], [[precede]], [[outstrip]], [[outrun]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. ([[poet]].): cursu [[pedum]] ventos, Verg. A. 7, 807: equo ventos, id. ib. 12, 345: volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum, id. ib. 1, 317: vestigia cervae, Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To be [[beforehand]] [[with]], to [[anticipate]]; [[with]] acc., to [[prevent]], [[make]] [[useless]]: nostra [[omnis]] lis est: [[pulcre]] praevortar viros, [[will]] [[anticipate]], be [[beforehand]] [[with]] [[them]] (cf. [[praevenio]]), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75: aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum [[forte]] oblata [[opportunitas]] praevertit, has rendered [[useless]], Liv. 8, 16: praevertunt, inquit, me fata, [[prevent]] me, Ov. M. 2, 657: celeri praevertit tristia [[leto]], Luc. 8, 29: quae absolvi, [[quoniam]] [[mors]] praeverterat, nequiverunt, Gell. 17, 10, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[take]] [[possession]] of [[beforehand]], to [[preoccupy]], prepossess: [[vivo]] tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos, to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.: [[neque]] praevorto [[poculum]], [[take]] [[before]] my [[turn]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[surpass]] in [[worth]], [[outweigh]], [[exceed]], to be [[preferable]], of [[more]] [[importance]]: [[erilis]] praevertit [[metus]], Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: [[quoniam]] pietatem amori tuo [[video]] praevortere, [[outweigh]], [[exceed]], id. Ps. 1, 3, 59: nec posse, cum hostes [[prope]] ad portas essent, [[bello]] praevertisse [[quicquam]], Liv. 2, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[turn]] one's [[attention]] [[first]] or [[principally]] to, to do [[first]] or in [[preference]] to [[any]] [[thing]] [[else]], to [[despatch]] [[first]]; used esp. in the dep.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: rei mandatae omnes sapientes [[primum]] praevorti [[decet]], to [[apply]] [[themselves]] [[principally]] to it, to [[despatch]] it [[first]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40: ei rei [[primum]] praevorti [[volo]], id. Capt. 2, 3, 100: [[stultitia]] est, cui [[bene]] esse [[licet]], cum praevorti litibus, to [[occupy]] one's [[self]] [[with]] contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20: [[cave]], pigritiae praevorteris, do not [[give]] [[yourself]] up to [[indolence]], id. Merc. 1, 2, 3: [[etsi]] ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, [[tamen]] huic rei praevertendum existimavit, Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc., to do or [[attend]] to in [[preference]]: hoc praevortar [[principio]], Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8: si [[quid]] [[dictum]] est per jocum, non aequom est, id te [[serio]] praevortier, to [[take]] it in [[earnest]], id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13: aliud in [[praesentia]] praevertendum sibi esse dixit, [[that]] [[must]] be attended to [[first]], id. 35, 33.—Pass.: praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus, Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad, to [[apply]] one's [[self]] [[particularly]] to [[any]] [[thing]]: si [[quando]] ad interna praeverterent, Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.: [[nunc]] praevertemur ad [[nostrum]] orbem, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123: [[nunc]] praevertemur ad differentias aeris, id. 34, 8, 20, § 94: ad ea praeverti, Col. 3, 7: hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur, Gell. 3, 7, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With an adverb of [[place]]: [[illuc]] praevertamur, [[let]] us [[first]] of all [[look]] at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—（ε) With a rel.-[[clause]]; proximum erat narrare glandiferas [[quoque]], ni praeverti cogeret [[admiratio]], quaenam esset [[vita]] [[sine]] arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—（ζ) Absol.: in rem [[quod]] [[sit]], praevortaris, [[potius]] [[quam]], etc., do, [[perform]], [[attend]] to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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|georg=[[prae]]-[[verto]] ([[praevorto]]), vertī (vortī), [[versum]] (vorsum), ere, u. (s. no. III, B, 4) [[prae]]-vertor, [[versus]] [[sum]], vertī, I) [[früher]] [[vornehmen]], incĭdi in id [[tempus]], [[quod]] iis rebus, in quas ingressa est [[oratio]], praevertendum est, [[eher]] zu [[behandeln]] ist [[als]] die Gegenstände, [[auf]] die [[ich]] [[eben]] in [[meiner]] [[Rede]] gekommen war, Cic.: u. so si vacas [[animo]] [[neque]] habes [[aliquid]], [[quod]] [[huic]] sermoni praevertendum putes, Cic.: [[alia]] [[sibi]] praevertenda [[esse]], Liv.: coacti omnibus [[eam]] rem praeverti, Liv. – II) [[vorziehen]], iurisiurandi religionem [[animo]] [[atque]] amori praevertisse, daß ihm die heilige [[Scheu]] [[vor]] dem (geleisteten) Eide [[noch]] [[über]] seine zärtliche [[Zuneigung]] u. [[Liebe]] gehe, Gell. 4, 3, 2: ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant [[prae]] re [[publica]], vorgezogen habe, Plaut. Amph. 528. – III) [[vorangehen]], [[vorlaufen]], [[zuvorkommen]], A) eig.: praevertere ventos cursu, Verg.: ventos equo, Verg. – volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum, Verg. Aen. 1, 317. – B) übtr.: 1) [[zuvorkommen]], m. Acc. [[rei]] = etw. [[vereiteln]], [[unnütz]] [[machen]], [[verhindern]], [[verhüten]], m. Acc., quorum usum [[opportunitas]] praevertit, Liv.: praevertunt me fata, Ov.: [[virus]], Ser. Samm.: alqd celeritate, Sall. fr.: tristia [[leto]], Lucan. – m. Dat., [[huic]] [[rei]] praevertendum existimavit, ne etc., Caes. – absol., [[mors]] praeverterat, Gell. – 2) [[zuvor]] [[einnehmen]], tentat praevertere animos amore, Verg. Aen. 1, 721. – u. [[vorher]] ([[eher]] [[als]] [[ein]] anderer) [[nehmen]], [[poculum]], Plaut. mil. 653. – 3) [[vorgehen]], [[übertreffen]], vorzüglicher [[sein]], den [[Vorzug]] [[haben]], [[mehr]] [[gelten]], wichtiger [[sein]], pietatem amori tuo praevertere [[video]], Plaut.: [[nec]] posse [[bello]] praeverti quidquam, Liv.: ut [[bellum]] praeverti sinerent, Liv.: [[nec]] aliam rem praeverti, Liv.: [[metus]] praevortit, hat das [[Übergewicht]], Plaut. – 4) (Depon. [[praevertor]], [[doch]] [[nur]] in den Präsensformen) zu etw. od. [[wohin]] [[sich]] [[eher]] od. [[lieber]] [[wenden]], a) zu etw., in illos praevertentur, [[sie]] [[werden]] [[auf]] diese ihre ganze Aufmerksamkeit [[beschränken]], [[Cato]] fr.: [[illuc]] praevertamur ([[darauf]] [[wollen]] [[wir]] [[vielmehr]] [[unser]] Augenmerk [[richten]]), [[quod]] etc., Hor.: [[nos]] ad ea praeverti, Colum.: ad interna, Tac.: ad Satibarzanen opprimendum, Curt.: ad [[illud]] [[sequens]] praevertar, ne etc., Quint.: [[nunc]] praevertemur ad [[nostrum]] orbem, Plin. (s. Gronov Plin. 28, 123. Sillig Plin. 34, 94). – [[mit]] Dat. od. Acc. (s. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 758. Brix Plaut. capt. 457 u. 1023), [[vorzüglich]] [[betreiben]], [[rei]] mandatae praevorti [[decet]], Plaut.: [[pulchre]] praevortar viros, Plaut.: [[hoc]] praevortar [[primum]], Plaut.: si [[quid]] [[dictum]] est per iocum, [[non]] [[aequum]] est, id te [[serio]] praevortier, [[ernstlich]] aufnehmest, Plaut.: in rem [[quod]] sit, praevortaris, betreibe, tue, besorge, Plaut.: cave pigritiae praevortier, ergib dich [[nicht]] der usw., Plaut. – b) [[wohin]] = [[wohin]] [[zuvor]] [[einen]] Abstecher [[machen]], in Thessaliam, Liv. 32, 13, 4: ad Armenios, Tac. ann. 2, 55. – / Parag. Infin. praevortier, Plaut. Amph. 921; capt. 1026; merc. 113 G.

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