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dēprĕcātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a warding off or averting by prayer; a deprecating, deprecation.
I. Prop.
A. In gen.: periculi. Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 26: venia deprecationis, Quint. prooem. § 2.—
b. Esp., in relig. lang., an imprecation: “defigi diris deprecationibus,Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19: “deorum,an invoking of the gods to send punishment on the perjurer, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46; Petr. 18, 1.—More freq.,
II. Transf., a prayer for pardon, deprecation: “ejus facti,Cic. Part. Or. 37 fin.; cf. “inertiae,Hirt. B. G. 8 prooem. § 1; Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 7: “assidua,Vulg. Jacob. 5, 16.—So in rhetoric, like the Gr. προπαραίτησις or συγγνώμη, Cic. Inv. 2, 34; id. de Or. 3, 53 fin.; Auct. Her. 1, 14; Quint. 9, 1, 32 al.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 8.0
    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 16.46
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.3
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.53
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 28.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.32
    • Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae, 37
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.34
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