praeuro
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
Latin > English
praeuro praeurere, praeussi, praeustus V :: scorch at the extremity or on the surface
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-ūro: ussi, ustum, 3, v. a.,
I to burn before, burn at the end or point (class. but not in Cic.); esp. freq. in part. perf.: hasta praeusta, Liv. 1, 32: stipites ab summo praeacuti et praeusti, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.: multae praeustae sudes, id. ib. 5, 40: sudibus praeustis, Verg. A. 7, 524: praeusta et praeacuta materia, Caes. B. G. 7, 22 fin.: tela, hardened in the fire, Tac. A. 2, 14.—
II In gen., to scorch, parch, wither: ne (uvae) praeurantur, Col. Arb. 11, 2 (dub.; al. perurantur).—
B Also of cold: praeustis in transitu Alpium nive membris, frost-bitten, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134; cf. aduro.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præūrō,¹³ ussī, ustum, ĕre, tr., [employé surtout au part. præustus ] brûlé par le bout : Cæs. G. 5, 40, 6 ; 7, 73, 6 ; Liv. 1, 32, 12 || [fig.] membra præusta nive Plin. 3, 134, membres gelés.
