I.very fierce, bold, violent, impetuous, insolent (perh. not ante-Aug.): “praeferoces legatos,” Liv. 5, 36; Tac. A. 4, 60: “praeferocem ingenio,” id. H. 4, 32; 4, 23: “multiplici successu praeferocem,” Suet. Caes. 35.
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prae-fĕrox , ōcis, adj.,