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imprĕcātĭo (inpr- ), ōnis, f. imprecor,
I.an invoking of evil, imprecation (postAug.): “exsecraris illum et caput sanctum tibi dira imprecatione defigis,curse, Sen. Ben. 6, 35, 1; id. Ep. 94, 52: “imprecationes nefariae,Amm. 29, 1, 25: “dira,Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.—
II. In late Lat., in a good sense, a prayer: “pontificis,Hier. Ep. 130, n. 2.
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